Development and Validation of RP-HPLC Chromatographic Dissolution Method for the Simultaneous Estimation of Ramipril and Hydrochlorothiazide from Solid Dosage Formulation

The present study describes the dissolution method development and validation of Ramipril and Hydrochlorothiazide in tablet dosage form by HPLC Method.

A simple, rapid, selective, reproducible and isocratic reversed-phase high performance liquid chromatographic (RP-HPLC) method has been developed and validated as per ICH guidelines.

Analysis was performed on a Thermo, Sunniest C8 (150 mm x 4.6 mm, 5 µm) with the mobile phase consisting of mixing 500 mL of buffer solution and 500 mL of acetonitrile at a flow rate of 1.0mL/min. UV detection was performed at 210nm and the Run time for Ramipril and Hydrochlorothiazide were 10 minutes. The calibration curve was linear (correlation coefficient = 1.000) in the selected range for both analytes.

The optimized dissolution conditions include the USP Type 1 (Basket) rotation rate of 100 rpm and 750 mL of 0.1 N Hydrochloric acid as dissolution medium, at 37.0 ± 0.5°C. The method was validated for precision, linearity, specificity, accuracy, limit of quantitation and ruggedness. The system suitability parameters, such as theoretical plate, tailing factor and relative standard deviation (RSD) between six standard replicates were well within the limits. The stability result shows that the drug is stable in the prescribed dissolution medium.