Research Article

Development of the RP-HPLC Method for Simultaneous Determination and Quantification of Artemether and Lumefantrine in Fixed-Dose Combination Pharmaceutical Dosage Forms

Table 6

Results of the robustness study.

ConditionModificationMean area ± SDMean percentage content (%)% RSD

Flow rate (mL/min)0.90 (−1 mL/min)248.25 ± 0.5498.900.22
1.10 (+1 mL/min)252.38 ± 0.71100.530.28

Column temperature (°C)22 (−3°C)250.05 ± 0.8399.610.33
30 (+5°C)247.17 ± 0.0998.470.04

Mobile phase composition (ACN: (0.05%) OPA)60 : 40249.36 ± 0.0799.330.03
65 : 35248.18 ± 0.1498.870.06

ACN: acetonitrile. OPA: orthophosphoric acid. Acceptance criteria: RSD ≤ 2%.