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Stress studies on acyclovir.

Abstract
Acyclovir is an antiviral drug of choice in the treatment of many types of herpes virus infections, including genital herpes simplex infections, herpetic conjunctivitis, herpes simplex encephalitis, etc. The present study describes the degradation behavior of acyclovir under different International Conference on Harmonization recommended stress conditions (hydrolysis, oxidation, photolysis, and thermal decomposition) in order to establish a validated stability-indicating high-performance liquid chromatography method. Acyclovir is found to degrade extensively in acidic conditions and oxidative stress. Mild degradation of the drug occurs in alkaline and neutral conditions. The drug is stable to dry heat. The drug is found to be sufficiently stable after light exposure in a solid state; however, photolytic degradation is observed when the drug is exposed as a solution in water. The major degradation product in acidic hydrolysis and photolysis is identified as guanine through comparison with the standard. Separation of drug and the degradation products under various conditions is successfully achieved on a C-18 column utilizing water-methanol in the ratio of 90:10. The flow rate is 1 mL/min, and the detection wavelength is 252 nm. The method is validated with respect to linearity, precision, accuracy, selectivity, specificity, and robustness. The mean values of slope and correlation coefficient are 39.307 and 0.9998 with relative standard deviation values less than 2%. The recovery of the drug is found to be in the range of 97.34% to 102.35%. From the previous study it is concluded that the stability-indicating method developed for acyclovir can be used for analysis of the drug in various stability samples.
AuthorsV R Sinha, Monika, A Trehan, Manoj Kumar, S Singh, J R Bhinge
JournalJournal of chromatographic science (J Chromatogr Sci) Vol. 45 Issue 6 Pg. 319-24 (Jul 2007) ISSN: 0021-9665 [Print] United States
PMID17626719 (Publication Type: Journal Article)
Chemical References
  • Antiviral Agents
  • Acyclovir
Topics
  • Acyclovir (chemistry)
  • Antiviral Agents (chemistry)
  • Reference Standards
  • Reproducibility of Results

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