To establish an HPLC method for determination of related substances and purity in pregabalin API.
The analytical column was an Inertsil ODS-3 (150 mm×4.0 mm,3 μm),the mobile phase A was buffer (7.05 g ammonium dihydrogen phosphate and 1.45 g diammonium hydrogen phosphate dissolved in 1 000 mL water)-methanol-acetonitrile(900:80:20) and the mobile phase B was acetonitrile,the whole carried out by gradient elution at a flow rate of 0.8 mL·min-1,the detection wavelength was set at 210 nm,the column temperature was 30 ℃ and the injection volume was 50 μL.
Pregabalin was separated completely from the impurities and degradation products (the resolution>2.0). The test solution was stable for at least 48 h. The LOQs of other impurities (verification was performed by using pregabalin),lactam,4-alkene pregabalin,5-alkene pregabalin,trimer,3-isobutylglutaric acid (PGB-3),3-isobutyl glutaric acid monoamide (PGB-5),R-phenethylamine,4-isobutyl-2,6-piperidinedione (PGB-5B),monoamide phenylethylamine (PGB-5C) and phenylethylamine adipate (PGB-5D) were 0.05%,0.01%,0.01%,0.03%,0.01%,0.05%,0.03%,0.01%,0.01%,0.01% and 0.01%. The linear correlation coefficients of other impurities (verification was performed by using pregabalin),lactam,4-alkene pregabalin,5-alkene pregabalin,trimer,PGB-3 and PGB-5 were all more than 0.99. The linear ranges were LOQ-150% of impurities’ specification,respectively. The average recoveries (n=9) of lactam,4-alkene pregabalin,5-alkene pregabalin,trimer,PGB-3 and PGB-5 were 100.6% (RSD=0.56%),100.2% (RSD=0.38%),100.5% (RSD=0.46%),101.1% (RSD=1.1%),100.0% (RSD=0.63%),100.0% (RSD=0.54%). The repeatability and intermediate precision completely met the requirements. The impurities contents in three batches of pregabalin API 6 months accelerate and 60 months long-term stability test completely met the requirements,respectively.
This method is simple,rapid,sensitive and specific to be used for the determination of related substances and purity in phenethylamine process pregabalin API.
| 科 Family | 属数 Number of genus | 种数 Number of species | 占总种数比例 Percentage of total species (%) | 属 Genus | 种数 Number of species | 占总种数比例 Percentage of total species (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 鹅膏菌科Amanitaceae | 2 | 11 | 5.26 | 鹅膏菌属 Amanita | 10 | 4.78 |
| 小菇科 Mycenaceae | 2 | 12 | 5.74 | 丝盖伞属 Inocybe | 5 | 2.39 |
| 多孔菌科 Polyporaceae | 8 | 14 | 6.70 | 蜡蘑属 Laccaria | 5 | 2.39 |
| 红菇科 Russulaceae | 3 | 23 | 11.00 | 小皮伞属 Marasmius | 6 | 2.87 |
| 小菇属 Mycena | 11 | 5.26 | ||||
| 光柄菇属 Pluteus | 5 | 2.39 | ||||
| 红菇属 Russula | 17 | 8.13 | ||||
| 栓菌属 Trametes | 5 | 2.39 |