Niacinamide Tablets
» Niacinamide Tablets contain not less than 90.0 percent and not more than 110.0 percent of the labeled amount of C6H6N2O.
Packaging and storage—
Preserve in tight containers.
Identification—
A:
Extract a quantity of powdered Tablets, equivalent to about 500 mg of niacinamide, with two 10-mL portions of alcohol, evaporate the filtered alcohol extracts on a steam bath, and dry at 80
for 2 hours: the IR absorption spectrum of a potassium bromide dispersion of the residue so obtained exhibits maxima only at the same wavelengths as that of a similar preparation of USP Niacinamide RS.
for 2 hours: the IR absorption spectrum of a potassium bromide dispersion of the residue so obtained exhibits maxima only at the same wavelengths as that of a similar preparation of USP Niacinamide RS.
B:
From the niacinamide obtained in Identification test A, prepare a solution (1 in 50,000), and determine the absorbance of this solution in a 1-cm cell at 245 nm and at 262 nm, with a suitable spectrophotometer, using water as the blank: the ratio A245/A262 is between 0.63 and 0.67.
Dissolution, Procedure for a Pooled Sample 
711
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711—
Medium:
water; 900 mL.
Apparatus 2:
50 rpm.
Time:
45 minutes.
Procedure—
Determine the amount of C6H6N2O dissolved, employing the procedure set forth in the Assay for niacin or niacinamide, pyridoxine hydrochloride, riboflavin, and thiamine under Water-soluble Vitamins Tablets, using filtered portions of the solution under test, suitably diluted with Dissolution Medium, if necessary, in comparison with a Standard solution having a known concentration of USP Niacinamide RS in the same medium.
Tolerances—
Not less than 75% (Q) of the labeled amount of C6H6N2O is dissolved in 45 minutes.
Uniformity of dosage units 905:
meet the requirements.
905:
meet the requirements.
Assay—
Proceed with Tablets as directed for Chemical Method under Niacin or Niacinamide Assay 441, using Standard Niacinamide Preparation as the Standard Preparation in the Assay Procedure: and the following as the Assay Preparation. Weigh and finely powder not less than 10 Tablets. Weigh accurately a quantity of the powder, equivalent to about 25 mg of niacinamide, and transfer with the aid of about 50 mL of water to a 250-mL volumetric flask. Heat, if necessary, until no more dissolves, cool, dilute with water to volume, and mix. Pipet 10 mL of the solution into a 100-mL volumetric flask, dilute with water to volume, and mix. Calculate the quantity, in mg, of C6H6N2O in the portion of Tablets taken by the formula:
441, using Standard Niacinamide Preparation as the Standard Preparation in the Assay Procedure: and the following as the Assay Preparation. Weigh and finely powder not less than 10 Tablets. Weigh accurately a quantity of the powder, equivalent to about 25 mg of niacinamide, and transfer with the aid of about 50 mL of water to a 250-mL volumetric flask. Heat, if necessary, until no more dissolves, cool, dilute with water to volume, and mix. Pipet 10 mL of the solution into a 100-mL volumetric flask, dilute with water to volume, and mix. Calculate the quantity, in mg, of C6H6N2O in the portion of Tablets taken by the formula:
25(AU / AS).
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| Topic/Question | Contact | Expert Committee |
| Monograph | Curtis Phinney
1-301-816-8540 |
(DSN05) Dietary Supplements - Non-Botanicals |
| Reference Standards | Lili Wang, Technical Services Scientist 1-301-816-8129 RSTech@usp.org |
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| 711 |
Margareth R.C. Marques, Ph.D.
Senior Scientist 1-301-816-8106 |
(BPC05) Biopharmaceutics05 |
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