Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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1221843 | Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis | 2010 | 10 Pages |
Abstract
Forced degradation of ritonavir (RTV), under the conditions of hydrolysis (acidic, basic and neutral), oxidation, photolysis and thermal stress as prescribed by ICH was studied using LC–MS/MS. Eight degradation products were formed and their separation was accomplished on Waters XTerra® C18 column (250 mm × 4.6 mm i.d., 5 μm) using water:methanol:acetonitrile as (40:20:40, v/v/v) mobile phase in an isocratic elution mode by LC. The method was extended to LC–MS/MS for characterization of the degradation products and the pathways of decomposition were proposed. No previous reports were found in the literature regarding the characterization of degradation products of ritonavir.
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Authors
R. Nageswara Rao, B. Ramachandra, R. Mastan Vali, S. Satyanarayana Raju,