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Development and validation of a new gas flame ionization detector method for the determination of finasteride in tablets.

Sağlik S, Tatar Ulu S

Department of Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Istanbul University, Istanbul 34452, Turkey.

A simple, rapid, and sensitive method based on gas chromatography with flame ionization detection is described for the determination of finasteride in tablets. The method is based on the derivatization of finasteride with N,O-bis(trimethylsilyl)trifluoroacetamide-1% trimethylchlorosilane at 60 degrees C for 30 min. The method was validated for specificity, linearity, precision, accuracy, robustness, and limit of quantification. The degree of linearity of the calibration curves, the percentage recoveries of finasteride, and the limit of detection (LOD) and limit of quantification (LOQ) for the gas chromatographic method were determined. The assay was linear over the concentration range of 10 to 50 microg ml(-1) (R approximately 0.999). LOQ and LOD (signal/noise ratio = 10) were found to be 10 and 2 microg ml(-1), respectively. The method was found to be simple, specific, precise, accurate, and reproducible. All of the validation parameters were within the acceptance range. The developed method was applied successfully to estimate the amount of finasteride in tablets. The results were compared statistically with those obtained by the official method using t and F tests. There was no significant difference between the two methods with respect to mean values and standard deviations at the 95% confidence level.

Published 2 May 2006 in Anal Biochem, 352(2): 260-4.
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