Research Article

Development and Validation of Stability Indicating HPTLC and HPLC Methods for Simultaneous Determination of Telmisartan and Atorvastatin in Their Formulations

Table 5

Stability studies by HPLC and HPTLC methods.

Degradation conditionNumber of degradation productsArea of degradation product (%)

HPLC
 Acid2542, 1241
 Base2437, 985
 Oxidative1325
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HPTLC
 Acid20.27, 0.45
 Base40.42, 0.58, 0.74, 0.80
 Oxidative10.20
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