jpc117004 Shimadzu HPC-L
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System Suitability Testing for
Hydroxypropyl Cellulose
No. G287A
On December 1, 2014, the quantitative testing section System performance: When operating under the
on hydroxypropyl cellulose was modified in Stage 6 conditions in Table 1, it is stated that isopropyl iodide
Harmonization of the United States Pharmacopeia elutes before the internal standard with a relative
(USP). retention time of 0.8 with reference to the internal
This article introduces examination results of system standard, and the resolution is no less than 2.0. The
suitability for quantitative testing of hydroxypropyl relative retention time of isopropyl iodide and the
cellulose in conformance with the USP. internal standard (methylcyclohexane) in the
Y. Nagao, T. Murata chromatogram shown in Fig. 1 was 0.77, and the
resolution was 15.70.
System Suitability System reproducibility: It is stated that the relative
standard deviation is to be no more than 2.0 % using
An internal standard solution (methylcyclohexane in o-
the response factor calculation (F) for six injections with
xylene) and a standard solution of isopropyl iodide
a standard solution of 2.0 μL. Fig. 2 shows the six
were prepared according to the USP monograph.
chromatograms which were used to verify
Using the system and conditions given in Table 1, reproducibility. The relative standard deviation using
2.0 μL of the prepared standard solution was injected. the response factor (F) was 0.32 %.
Fig. 1 shows the obtained chromatogram.
For reference, Table 2 and 3 are the peak tables
produced from analyses of isopropyl iodide and
internal standard.
Resolution = 15.70
Internal standard / 7.063
Isopropyl iodide / 5.475
n=1
n=2
n=3
n=4
n=5
n=6
Reference
USP Stage 6 Harmonization (December 1, 2014)