Stability Indicating RP-HPLC Method For Determination Of Ketoconazole In Bulk Drug And In Tablet Dosage Form

A simple, precise, accurate and sensitive isocratic stability indicating RP-HPLC method has been developed and validated for determination of Ketoconazole in bulk drug and pharmaceutical dosage form. Isocratic RP-HPLC separation was achieved on Agilent C8 (150 mm ?4.6 mm, 5 µm particle size) with the mobile phase 0.3 % Triaethylamine in 20 mM potassium dihydrogen phosphate buffer pH adjusted to 4.0: Acetonitrile (68:32 % v/v) at a flow rate 1.0 ml/min. The retention time of Ketoconazole was 8.97 ± 0.50 min. The method was validated for specificity, linearity, precision, accuracy and robustness. The linear regression analysis data of calibration curve showed good linearity in concentration range 10-60 ?g/ml. The Intraday and Interday precision were 0.59-1.11 % and 0.26-1.73 % RSD respectively. The accuracy was found to be 98.11-99.26 %. The drug was subjected to the stress conditions like hydrolysis, oxidation, photolysis and dry heat. The proposed method is found to be specific with respect to degradation product formed after Acidic hydrolysis, Oxidation, Thermal and Photolytic degradation. The Ketoconazole was found to be stable under neutral hydrolytic, thermal and photolytic stress conditions. Acidic, thermal, photolytic stress conditions showed degradation. The proposed chromatographic method can be used for estimation of drug during stress testing & formal stability studies.