Abstract

A simple, precise, rapid and accurate reverse phase HPLC method was developed for the estimation of daclatasvir in capsule dosage form. A column of Zorbax Eclipse XDB-C18, 250x4.6mm i.d with 5 micron particle size was used. The mobile phase comprises of 0.03M di potassium hydrogen orthophosphate with pH adjusted to 2.5 using dilute ortho- phosphoric acid (mobile phase solvent-A) and acetonitrile (mobile phase solvent-B) in the ratio of 15: 85 (v/v). The flow rate was 1.0 ml/min and the effluents were monitored at 284 nm. The retention time was 7.79 min. The detector response was linear in the concentration of 100-300?g/ml. The respective linear regression equation being Y= 28817.742X-14741.2. The limit of detection (LOD) and limit of quantification (LOQ) for were found to be 0.05?g/ml and 0.15 ?g/ml respectively. The assay was found to be 99.85%.The method was validated by determining its accuracy, precision and system suitability. The results of the study showed that the proposed RP-HPLC method is simple, rapid, precise and accurate, which is useful for the routine determination of daclatasvir in bulk drug and in its pharmaceutical dosage form.

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