Oxytetracycline Hydrochloride Capsules
» Oxytetracycline Hydrochloride Capsules contain the equivalent of not less than 90.0 percent and not more than 120.0 percent of the labeled amount of oxytetracycline (C22H24N2O9).
Packaging and storage
Preserve in tight, light-resistant containers.
Identification
Shake a suitable quantity of Capsule contents with methanol to obtain a solution containing 1 mg of oxytetracycline per mL, and filter. Using the filtrate as the Test Solution, proceed as directed for Method II under IdentificationTetracyclines 193.
Dissolution 711
Medium:
water; 900 mL.
Apparatus 2:
75 rpm.
Time:
60 minutes.
Procedure
Determine the amount of C22H24N2O9 dissolved from UV absorbances at the wavelength of maximum absorbance at about 273 nm of filtered portions of the solution under test, suitably diluted with water, in comparison with a Standard solution having a known concentration of USP Oxytetracycline RS in the same medium, using 5 mL of 0.1 N hydrochloric acid to dissolve the Standard.
Tolerances
Not less than 80% (Q) of the labeled amount of C22H24N2O9 is dissolved in 60 minutes.
Uniformity of dosage units 905:
meet the requirements.
Loss on drying 731
Dry about 100 mg of Capsule contents, accurately weighed, in a capillary-stoppered bottle in vacuum at a pressure not exceeding 5 mm of mercury at 60 for 3 hours: it loses not more than 5.0% of its weight.
Assay
Tetrabutylammonium hydrogen sulfate solution
, Edetate disodium solution, pH 7.5 Phosphate buffer, Mobile phase, Standard preparation, Resolution solution, and Chromatographic systemProceed as directed in the Assay under Oxytetracycline.
Assay preparation
Remove, as completely as possible, the contents of not less than 20 Capsules, and mix. Transfer an accurately weighed portion of the powder, equivalent to about 100 mg of oxytetracycline, to a 500-mL volumetric flask, add about 50 mL of 0.01 N hydrochloric acid, and swirl to dissolve. Dilute with 0.01 N hydrochloric acid to volume, mix, and filter a portion of the solution through a 0.5-µm or finer porosity filter. Use the filtrate as the Assay preparation.
Procedure
Proceed as directed for Procedure in the Assay under Oxytetracycline. Calculate the quantity, in mg, of oxytetracycline (C22H24N2O9) in the portion of Capsules taken by the formula:
0.5(CP)(rU / rS)
in which the terms are as defined therein.
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Chromatographic Column
USP32NF27 Page 3181
Chromatographic columns text is not derived from, and not part of, USP 32 or NF 27.
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