Tetracycline Hydrochloride Soluble Powder
» Tetracycline Hydrochloride Soluble Powder contains not less than 90.0 percent and not more than 125.0 percent of the labeled amount of C22H24N2O8·HCl.
Packaging and storage
Preserve in tight containers.
Labeling
Label it to indicate that it is intended for veterinary use only.
Identification
Shake a suitable quantity of Powder with methanol to obtain a solution containing the equivalent of 1 mg of tetracycline hydrochloride per mL, and filter. Using the filtrate so obtained as the Test Solution, proceed as directed under IdentificationTetracyclines 193.
Loss on drying 731
Dry about 100 mg, 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 2.0% of its weight.
Assay
Transfer an accurately weighed quantity of Powder to a high-speed blender jar containing an accurately measured volume of 0.1 N hydrochloric acid, so that the solution so obtained contains not less than 150 µg of tetracycline hydrochloride per mL, and blend for about 3 to 5 minutes. Proceed as directed for tetracycline under AntibioticsMicrobial Assays 81, diluting an accurately measured volume of this solution quantitatively and stepwise with water to yield a Test Dilution having a concentration assumed to be equal to the median dose level of the Standard.
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