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Liquid chromatography/electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometry study of repaglinide and its forced degradation products
Author(s) -
Purna Chander C.,
Raju B.,
Ramesh M.,
Shankar G.,
Srinivas R.
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
rapid communications in mass spectrometry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.528
H-Index - 136
eISSN - 1097-0231
pISSN - 0951-4198
DOI - 10.1002/rcm.8151
Subject(s) - chemistry , chromatography , repaglinide , liquid chromatography–mass spectrometry , electrospray ionization , tandem mass spectrometry , mass spectrometry , forced degradation , degradation (telecommunications) , ammonium acetate , high performance liquid chromatography , medicine , telecommunications , computer science , type 2 diabetes , diabetes mellitus , endocrinology
Rationale Stress stability studies of drugs have been recognized as an essential part of the drug development process. These studies are used to investigate the intrinsic stability of the drugs and for the development of a selective stability indicating assay method (SIAM). Stress testing is also useful for the formulation and packaging development, shelf‐life determination and designing of manufacturing processes. As per regulatory guidelines, stress degradation studies and structural characterization should be carried out to establish degradation pathways of the drug, which is essential from both the efficacy and safety point of view. As the stress stability studies of repaglinide have not been reported in the literature, the present study has been undertaken. Methods Repaglinide (RP), an oral anti‐diabetic drug, was subjected to hydrolysis (acidic, alkaline and neutral), oxidation, photolysis and thermal stress conditions as per International Conference on Harmonization (ICH) guidelines Q1A (R2). The chromatographic separation of the drug and its degradation products (DPs) was achieved on an Agilent XDB C‐18 column using the gradient elution method with a mobile phase consisting of 20 mM ammonium acetate and acetonitrile at flow rate of 1.0 mL min −1 . The DPs were characterized using liquid chromatography/electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometry (LC/ESI‐MS/MS) in combination with accurate mass measurements. Results The drug degraded under hydrolytic and oxidative stress, while it was stable under thermal and photolytic stress conditions. In total, six DPs were formed and the LC/MS method described here can resolve all DPs from the parent as well as from each other under various stress conditions. To elucidate the structures of DPs, fragmentation of the [M + H] + ions of RP and its DPs was studied by using LC/ESI‐MS/MS combined with accurate mass measurements. Conclusions The forced degradation of RP carried out as per ICH guidelines results in the formation of six degradation products which have been characterized using LC/MS/MS in combination with accurate mass measurements.