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International Journal of Advanced Scientific Research ISSN: 2456-0421; Impact Factor: RJIF 5.32 www.allscientificjournal.com Volume 2; Issue 3; May 2017; Page No. 43-47 Development and validation of first order and second order derivative UV spectrophotometric method for determination of sitagliptin phosphate and simvastatin in bulk and in formulation * Sonali R Pawar, SA Waghmare, Dr. VV Chopade, Dr. Pallavi M Patil, Dr. SB Wankhede Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, JSPM Charak College of Pharmacy and Research, Gate No. 719/1&2, Pune-Nagar Road, Wagholi, Pune, Maharashtra, India Abstract Sitagliptin phosphate and simvastatin are used in combination for treatment of antidiabetic. The present work deals with simple spectrophotometric method development for simultaneous estimation of sitagliptin phosphate (SITA) and simvastatin (SIMVA) in two component tablet formulation. The method employed first order derivative spectroscopy and second order derivative spectroscopy. For determination of SITA and SIMVA were scanned in 400-200 nm range and simvastatin shows zero crossing point at 252.5nm and sitagliptin shows zero crossing point at 273nm in first order derivative spectroscopy. The quantitative determination of the drug was carried out using second order derivative values measured at 282nm for SITA and 257nm for SIMVA. This method obeyed Beer s law in the concentration range of 10-60 μg /ml for sitagliptin and 2-12 μg /ml for simvastatin. The recovery studies confirmed accuracy of proposed method and low values of standard deviation confirmed precision of method. The method is validated as per ICH guidelines. Keywords: simvastatin (SIMVA), sitagliptin phosphate (SITA), first and second derivative spectroscopy Introduction Sitagliptin chemically is (3R) -3-amino-1-[3- (trifluoromethyl)- 6,8-dihydro-5h- [1, 2, 4] triazolo [3,4-c] pyrazin-7-yl]-4-(2,4,5- trifluorophenyl) butan- 1-one, Fig. 1 shows the structure of Sitagliptin Phosphate, an oral Anti-diabetic agent that blocks Dipeptidyl peptidase-4 (DPP-4) activity. Sitagliptin increased incretin levels (GLP-1 and GIP) which inhibit glucagon release, in turn decreases blood glucose, but more significantly increases insulin secretion [1-3]. Simvastatin (SIMVA) is chemically is 2,2-Dimethyl butanoic acid (1S,3R,7S,8S,8aR)-1,2,3,7,8,8ahexahydro-3,7-dimethyl-8- [2-[(2R,4R)- tetrahydro-4- hydroxy-6 oxo2h pyran- 2yl]ethyl]1-napthalenyl ester ;Fig. no: 2 shows the structure of Simvastatin. Simvastatin used as a HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors Simvastatin is used in the treatment of primary hypercholesterolemia and is effective in reducing total and LDL-Cholesterol as well as plasma triglycerides and apolipoprotein B [4-6]. Fig 1: Structure of sitagliptin phosphate Fig 2: Structure of simvastatin The literature reveals that there are some of the methods have been reported for Sitagliptin UV, HPLC, and Spectrophotometry [7-9]. For Simvastatin also have been reported UV, HPLC, and Spectrophotometry [10-12]. As on Sitagliptin and Simvastatin one method was reported on spectrophotometry [13]. Experimental Materials and Methods A Jasco UV/Visible double beam spectrophotometer (UV model 1700) and 1cm UV matched quartz cells were used. Gift samples of SITA and SIMVA were obtained from Merck Pharmaceutical, Sinner, Nasik, and Maharashtra, India. All chemicals and reagents used were of analytical grade and purchased from Fine Chemicals, Mumbai, India. Marketed formulation Juvisync tablet containing Sitagliptin phosphate 100mg and Simvastatin 40 mg was used as sample; purchased 43

from local pharmacy Pune. Calibration glassware s were used throughout the work. Preparation of standard stock solution Accurately weighed 10 mg of SITA and SIMVA was transferred to 100 ml volumetric flask separately, dissolved in 40 ml Methanol and 60ml distilled water by sonicater, sonicate up to 10 minute. The volume was adjusted with the same up to the mark to give final strength i.e. 100 μg/ml. Selection of wavelength for analysis [14-15] Method A By appropriate dilutions with distilled water were prepared for each drug from the standard stock solution and scanned in the spectrum mode from 400 nm to 200 nm and their spectra were overlaid. For First order derivative spectra at n=1, selected wavelength were 239nm and 267nm, which were selected for quantitation of SIMVA and SITA respectively. SIMVA shows zero crossing point at 252.5nm and SITA shows zero crossing point at 273nm. Fig 3: first order derivative spectra of mixture Method B By appropriate dilutions with distilled water were prepared for each drug from the standard stock solution and scanned in the spectrum mode from 400 nm to 200 nm and their spectra were overlaid. For Second order derivative spectra at n=1 SIMVA shows zero crossing point at 257.5 nm and SITA shows zero crossing point at 282nm. Fig 4: second order derivative spectra of mixture Linearity For each drug, appropriate aliquots of standard stock solutions were transferred to a series of 10 ml volumetric flasks. The volume was made up to the mark with distilled water to obtain working standard solutions for each drug of concentrations of 1-100 g / ml for both SITA and SIMVA. Six sets of each concentration of the drugs were prepared separately. The absorbances of the working standard solutions of each concentration were measured at the selected analytical wavelengths. The standard calibration curves of Absorbance Vs Concentration were plotted using the mean of these six independent observations. The concentration range over which the drugs obeyed Beer- Lambert s law was found to be between 10 to 60 g/ml for SITA and 2 to 12 g/ml for SIMVA Fig. 5 and 6. 44

Repeatability Repeatability was determined by analyzing 20 μg/ml and 8 μg/ml concentration of SITA and SIMVA solution for six times. Accuracy To the preanalysed sample solutions, a known amount of standard stock solution was added at different levels i.e. 80%, 100% and 120%. The solutions were reanalyzed by proposed method. Fig 5: standard calibration curve of SITA Precision Precision of the method was studied as intra-day and inter-day variations. Intra-day precision was determined by analyzing the 20 μg/ml of SITA and 8 μg/ml of SIMVA solutions for three times in the same day. Inter-day precision was determined by analyzing the 20 μg/ml of SITA and 8 μg/ml of SIMVA solutions daily for three days over the period of week. Result and discussion Method Validation The proposed method was validated as per ICH guidelines. The solutions of the drugs were prepared as per the earlier adopted procedure given in the experiment. Fig 6: standard calibration curve of SIMVA Validation of the method Marketed tablets containing 40 mg of SIMVA and 100 mg of SITA were used. Twenty tablets were weighed and average weight was calculated. The tablets were triturated to a fine powder. An accurately weighed quantity of powder equivalent to 100 mg of SITA and 40 mg of SIMVA were transferred to 100 ml volumetric flask and dissolved in 40 ml of Methanol solution by sonicating for 10 mins and volume was then adjusted up to 60 ml with distilled water. The solution was filtered through Whatmann filter paper No. 41. Sensitivity The sensitivity of measurements of SITA and SIMVA by the use of the proposed method was estimated in terms of the Limit of Quanfication (LOQ) and Limit of Detection (LOD). The LOQ and LOD were calculated using equation LOD = 3.3 x N/B and LOQ = 10 x N/B, where, N is standard deviation of the peak areas of the drugs (n = 3), taken as a measure of noise, and B is the slope of the corresponding calibration curve. Linearity studies The linear regression data for the calibration curves showed good linear relationship over the concentration range 10-60 μg/ml for SITA and 2-12 μg/ml for SIMVA. Linear regression equation was found to be y = 0.000x + 0.001 (r2 = 0.996) of SITA and for SIMVA y = 0.014x + 0.006 (r2 = 0.996) The result is expressed in table no 1. Table 1: Optical Characteristics of SITA and SIMVA: Parameters SITA (267 nm) SIMVA (239 nm) Slope* 0.000 0.04 Intercept* 0.001 0.006 Correlation coefficient* 0.996 0.996 Linearity range µg/ml) 10-60 2-12 Sensitivity The LOD and LOQ for SITA and SIMVA for method A and B; shown in table no.2 Repeatability Repeatability was determined by analyzing 20 μg/ml concentration of sitagliptin solution and 8 μg/ml concentration of simvastatin for six times and the % amount with % R.S.D. less than 1.shown in table no.2. Table 2: summary of validation parameter: Sr.no. Parameters Method A first order derivative method Method B second order derivative method Sita Result Simva Result Sita Result Simva Result 1 Accuracy (% recovery± *SD) 100.01 ± 0.056 99.9±0.007 100.03± 0.56 100.1 ± 0.65 2 Precision (% CV± *SD) 100.03 ± 0.007 100± 0.181 100.2±0.0014 100±0.007 3 Repeatability (% mean± *SD) 99.54±0.013 99.59±0.0178 99.68 ± 0.0089 99.76 ±0.0044 4 *LOD 0.00029 0.00541 0.0029 0.0241 5 *LOD 0.00087 0.0164 0.00097 0.00364 45

Accuracy The solutions were reanalyzed by proposed method; results of recovery studies are reported in table 3 which showed that the % amount found was 100.01% and 99.9 for SITA and SIMVA for Method A and Method B 100.03% and 100.1 with %R.S.D. >2 of SITA and SIMVA. Table 3: Determination of Accuracy by percentage recovery method for SITA and SIMVA Method Ingredients Method A Method B SITA SIMVA SITA SIMVA Tablet amount Amount added Level of addition Amount recovered Percentage recovery % 20 16 80% 36 85.70 20 20 100% 40 100.1 20 24 120% 44 111.24 8 6.4 80% 14.4 85.62 8 8 100% 16 99.9 8 9.6 120% 17.6 112.67 20 16 80% 36 81.21 20 20 100% 40 100.03 20 24 120% 44 115.2 8 6.4 80% 14.4 83.07 8 8 100% 16 100.1 8 9.6 120% 17.6 111.79 Average % recovery *S.D. 99.99±0.056 99.39±0.007 99.81±0.16 99.32±0.65 Precision The precision of the developed method was expressed in terms of % relative standard deviation (% RSD). These result shows reproducibility of the assay. The % R.S.D. values found to be less than 2, so that indicate this method precise for the determination of both the drugs in formulation shown in table no 2 and 4. Table 4: Inter-Day and Intra-Day Precision Method Drugs Inter-day Intra-day Mean *S.D. *%R.S.D. Mean *S.D. *%R.S.D. Method SITA 100.03 0.007 0.007 100.01 0.07 0.06 A SIMVA 100 0.181 0.181 99.82 0.007 0.006 Method SITA 100.2 0.0014 0.0014 100.01 0.029 0.029 B SIMVA 100 0.007 0.007 99.98 0.013 0.013 Conclusion The results of our study indicate that the proposed UV spectroscopic methods are simple, rapid, precise and accurate. The developed UV spectroscopic methods were found suitable for determination of SITA and SIMVA as bulk drug and in marketed solid dosage formulation without any interference from the excipients. Statistical analysis proves that, these methods are repeatable and selective for the analysis of SITA and SIMVA. It can therefore be concluded that use of these methods can save much time and money and it can be used in small laboratories with accuracy. Acknowledgement The authors are thankful to Merck Pharmaceutical, Sinner and dist: Nasik, Maharashtra, India for providing the drugs. Reference 1. Herman G, Stevens C, Van Dyck K, Bergman A, Yi B, De Smet M. Pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of sitagliptin, an inhibitor of dipeptidyl peptidase IV, in healthy subjects: results from two randomized, doubleblind, placebo-controlled studies with single oral doses. Clin Pharmacol Ther 2005; 78:675-688. 2. U.S. Food and Drug Administration. FDA Approves New Treatment for Diabetes, 2006. 3. Herman G, Bergman A, Liu F, Stevens C, Wang A, Zeng W. Pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamic effects of the oral DPP-4 inhibitor sitagliptin in middleaged obese subjects. J Clin Pharmacol. 2006; 46:876-886. 4. Stella Vincent H, James Reed R, Bergman AJ, Elmore CS, Metabolism and excretion of Dipeptidase 4 inhibitor (14C) sitagliptin in humans. Drug Metab Dispos 2007; 35:533-538. 5. Budawari S. editor, In; The Merck index. 13th ed. Whitehouse Station, (NJ): Merck &Co., Inc., 2001, 868. 6. Ochiai H. Determination of Simvastatin and Its Active Metabolites in Human Plasma by Column- Switching High Performance Liquid Chromatography with Fluorescence Detection after Derivatization with 1-Bromoacetylpyrene. J Chromatogram B Biomed Sci. 1997; 694:211-217. 7. Ranjith Kumar V, Chintalapti Sujitha. Development and validation of sitagliptin by visible spectrophotometric in bulk and pharmaceutical dosage forms; Pharmacy tutor; Pharmacy infopedia. 8. Tang Y, Xiang L, Wen Sun, Min YU, Zuo-gang LI. RP- HPLC determination of sitagliptin phosphate; Chinese Journal of Pharmaceutical Analysis. 2009, 08. 9. Sekaran BC, Rani P. Development and Validation of Spectrophotometric Method for determination of DPP-4 Inhibitor, Sitagliptin, in its Pharmaceutical Dosage Form; 46

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