Simultaneous HPTLC Determination of Rabeprazole and Itopride Hydrochloride From Their Combined Dosage Form

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Rabeprazole and itopride hydrochloride 1 are available in combined capsule dosage form for the management of gastro esophageal reß ux disease (GERD).Literature survey reveals that various analytical methods [2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9] have been reported for rabeprazole and itopride hydrochloride in single dosage forms.The present paper aims to report a simple HPTLC method for estimation of rabeprazole and itopride hydrochloride in their combined dosage form.
Rabium-plus containing 20 mg/tab of rabeprazole per tablet and percentage label claim are shown in Table 1.
The method was validated for linearity, accuracy, limit of detection, limit of quantification, interday and intra-day assay precision, repeatability of measurement and repeatability of sample application.Samples were applied, the plate was developed with the mobile phase and the peak areas were noted.The mobile phase consisted n-butanol, toluene and ammonia (8.5:0.5:1v/v/v), gave R f values of 0.23 for rabeprazole and 0.75 for itopride hydrochloride.A good linear relationship was obtained over the concentration range of 40-200 ng/spot of rabeprazole and 300-1500 ng/spot of itopride hydrochloride, respectively.The linear regression data showed a regression co-efÞ cient of 0.99848 for rabeprazole and 0.99030 for itopride hydrochloride.The repeatability of sample application and measurement of peak area were expressed in terms of %RSD for n=3 observation.The study revealed intra and inter day variation of rabeprazole and itopride hydrochloride are expressed in percentage RSD as shown in Table 1.
The LOD with signal/ noise ratio were found to be 10 and 50 ng/spot for rabeprazole and itopride hydrochloride respectively.The LOQ with signal/ noise ratio was found to be 20 and 100 ng/spot for rabeprazole and itopride hydrochloride, respectively.Intra-day assay precision was found by analysis of standard drug at three times on the same day.Interday assay precision was carried out using the standard drug at three different days, and percentage relative standard deviation (% RSD) was calculated.The RSD was found to be less than 2 for both inter-day and intra-day assay precision.Repeatability of sample application was assessed by spotting 0.8 µl of drug solution, 6 times.From the peak areas, the percentage RSD was determined.
Repeatability of measurement was determined by spotting 0.8 µl of standard drug solution on TLC plate, after development, spot was scanned six times without and 150 mg/tab of itopride hydrochloride, which are manufactured and marketed by Intas Ltd. was estimated.Reference standard of rabeprazole and itopride hydrochloride were kindly supplied as a gift sample by Grandix Pharmaceuticals, Chennai and Abbott Laboratories, Goa.All chemicals and reagents used were of analytical grade and were purchased from SD Fine Chemicals, Mumbai.A Camag HPTLC system comprising of Camag Linomat V semi automatic sample applicator, Hamilton Syringe, Camag Twin trough chamber, Camag TLC Scanner-3, Camag WinCATS Software and stationary phase precoated silica gel G60 F 254 were used.
The TLC plates were pre-washed with methanol and activated by keeping at 115° for about 30 min.The samples were spotted in the form of bands of width 6 mm with Hamilton microlitre syringe on the precoated silica gel G 60 F 254 plate (10×10 cm), slit dimension was kept at 5×0.45 mm, respectively.The mobile phase used was n-butanol:toluene:ammonia (8.5:0.5:1v/v/v), chamber and plate saturation time of 30 min, migration distance allowed was 85 mm, linear ascending development was carried out in 10×10 cm, twin trough glass chamber.Subsequent to the development TLC plates were dried in a current of air.Densitometric scanning was performed at 288 nm.The source of radiation utilized was deuterium lamp emitting a continuous UV spectrum.
Standard stock solution mixture of rabeprazole and itopride hydrochloride were prepared in methanol of 200 µg/ml and 1500 µg/ml.Aliquots of standard solution having concentration ranging from 40-200 ng/ spot and 300-1500 ng/spot (0.2, 0.4, 0.6, 0.8 and 1.0 µ1) of rabeprazole and itopride hydrochloride were applied on the TLC plate.The TLC plate was dried, developed and analysed as described earlier.
Twenty tablets of two different batches were chosen, weighed, powdered, transferred into a volumetric ß ask and extracted with methanol.The extract was filtered through Whatmann filter paper No 41 and residue was washed with methanol.Aliquots of 0.8 µl (160 ng/spot of rabeprazole and 1200 ng/spot of itopride hydrochloride) were applied on the precoated silica gel G60 F 254 TLC plate.From the peak area, the amount of rabeprazole and itopride hydrochloride in formulation was simultaneously calculated using the respective calibration graph.The amount obtained changing its position.The percentage RSD was found to be within the limits.The recovery study was carried out at two levels, 50% and 100%.The complete validation parameters are shown in Table 2.
Hence the developed HPTLC technique is simple, precise, specific and accurate, statistical analysis proved that the method is repeatable and selective for simultaneous analysis of rabeprazole and itopride hydrochloride as bulk drugs and in pharmaceutical dosage forms without any interference from the excipients.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
The authors are grateful to M/s SNR and Sons Charitable Trust, Coimbatore, India, for providing the facilities to carry the experiment and Grandix

TABLE 1 : RESULTS OF ANALYSIS OF FORMULATION
*Mean±standard deviation of six determinations

TABLE 2 : METHOD VALIDATION PARAMETERS
Mean±Standard deviation of six determinations.Recovery study was performed for one formulation only.% RSD= Percentage relative standard deviation. SD=