Disclosure of Invention
The invention solves the technical problem of providing a method for analyzing relevant substances of an estradiol dydrogesterone tablet by utilizing high performance liquid chromatography, which can effectively separate the process and degradation impurities (shown in tables 1 and 2 in detail) of the estradiol dydrogesterone tablet, and has the advantages of simple operation, effective detection of a plurality of impurities of the estradiol dydrogesterone tablet and a plurality of process impurities (loaded in EP) in raw medicines, high sensitivity and strong specificity.
The present invention solves the above technical problems by the following solution.
The invention provides a detection and separation method of estradiol and/or dydrogesterone, which comprises the following steps:
Detecting or separating a sample to be detected by adopting a liquid chromatography method, wherein the sample to be detected comprises a substance 1 and/or a substance 2, the substance 1 is estradiol and an impurity 1, the impurity 1 is one or more of 17 alpha-estradiol, estrone, delta 9, 11-estradiol and 6-keto-estradiol, the substance 2 is dydrogesterone and an impurity 2, and the impurity 2 is one or more of dydrogesterone impurities A, 6-dydrogesterone and 17 alpha-dydrogesterone;
wherein the detection conditions of the liquid chromatography include:
the chromatographic column is octadecyl bonded silica gel reversed phase chromatographic column;
mobile phase A is water;
Mobile phase B is acetonitrile-methanol;
Mobile phase C is ethanol;
in the mobile phase B, the volume ratio of the acetonitrile to the methanol is 1:1;
The elution mode of the liquid chromatography is linear gradient elution, and the elution program is as follows:
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Wherein X1 is 62-64%, X2 is 50-52%, Y1 is 36-38%, Y2 is 10%, Y3 is 35%, in the table, "0.fwdarw.15 min, the volume of mobile phase A is X1", which means that mobile phase A (volume of mobile phase A is a percentage of the total volume of mobile phase) is fixed to X1 in the range of 0-15 min, "15.fwdarw.20 min, the volume of mobile phase B is Y1. Fwdarw.Y2", which means that mobile phase B (volume of mobile phase B is a percentage of the total volume of mobile phase) is linearly changed from Y1 to Y2 in the range of 15-20 min.
In some embodiments of the invention, the impurity 1 is selected from one or more of 17α -estradiol, estrone, and 6-keto-estradiol.
In some embodiments of the invention, the column type is ChromCore 120C 18 or thermo Hypersil ODS, preferably the column is ChromCore 120 C18 4.6*150mm,5 μm or thermo Hypersil ODS, 150X 4.6mm,3 μm.
In some embodiments of the invention, the packing particle size of the chromatographic column may be 2.5-7.5 μm, for example 5 μm or 3 μm.
In some embodiments of the invention, the chromatographic column may have a length of 100-200mm, preferably 150mm.
In some embodiments of the invention, the inner diameter of the chromatographic column may be 3-5mm, preferably 4.6mm.
In some embodiments of the invention, the elution procedure for the linear gradient elution is:
Or alternatively, the first and second heat exchangers may be,
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In some embodiments of the present invention, the sample to be tested is pretreated to meet the sample injection standard before the test, where the pretreatment is conventional in the art, and specifically includes dissolving the sample to be tested in a diluent, where the diluent may be a mixed solution of acetonitrile and water, the volume ratio of acetonitrile to water is preferably 40:60, and the mass-volume ratio of each substance in the sample to the diluent may be 0.01-500 μg/mL, preferably 0.1-500 μg/mL, for example 0.13 μg/mL, 0.15 μg/mL, 0.3 μg/mL, 0.5 μg/mL, 100 μg/mL or 500 μg/mL. Preferably, after the dissolving step, a filtration step is further included, for example filtration using a polytetrafluoroethylene microporous membrane.
In some embodiments of the invention, the column temperature of the chromatographic column may be 35-45 ℃, preferably 40 ℃.
In some embodiments of the present invention, the detector of the detection separation method may be an ultraviolet detector, the detection wavelength of the detector may be 220nm when the sample to be detected contains substance 1, and the detection wavelength of the detector may be 310nm when the sample to be detected contains substance 2.
In some embodiments of the invention, the flow rate of the mobile phase may be in reference to conventional flow rates as determined by chromatography in the art, for example 0.8-1.2 mL/min, preferably 1.0 mL/min.
In some embodiments of the invention, the liquid chromatography sample may be performed with reference to conventional sample amounts for detection analysis by chromatography in the art, for example 20-80. Mu.L, preferably 50. Mu.L.
In some embodiments of the invention, the test sample comprises dydrogesterone and dydrogesterone impurity a.
In some embodiments of the invention, the sample to be tested comprises estradiol and 17α -estradiol.
In some embodiments of the invention, the test sample may further comprise 6-dydrogesterone and 17 a-dydrogesterone.
In some embodiments of the invention, the test sample consists of 17α -estradiol, estrone, estradiol, 6-keto-estradiol, dydrogesterone impurity a, 6-dydrogesterone, and 17α -dydrogesterone.
The above preferred conditions can be arbitrarily combined on the basis of not deviating from the common knowledge in the art, and thus, each preferred embodiment of the present invention can be obtained.
The reagents and materials used in the present invention are commercially available.
The invention has the positive progress effects that:
the method is suitable for separating and measuring the impurities of the estradiol, the dydrogesterone and the related single and compound preparations, can be used for independently detecting a certain substance, and can also be used for simultaneously separating and detecting the estradiol, the dydrogesterone and the related impurities. Compared with the prior art, the detection separation method has better separation effect on estradiol and related impurities, dydrogesterone and related impurities, and has the advantages of strong specificity, higher sensitivity and good accuracy, and the tablet auxiliary materials do not interfere with detection, so that the quality of the estradiol dydrogesterone tablet can be better controlled, and the method has obvious progress.
Detailed Description
The invention is further illustrated by means of the following examples, which are not intended to limit the scope of the invention. The experimental methods, in which specific conditions are not noted in the following examples, were selected according to conventional methods and conditions, or according to the commercial specifications.
The experimental apparatus used in the following examples was either Shimadzu or Siemens high performance liquid chromatograph (UV detector), the mobile phase A was water, the mobile phase B was acetonitrile-methanol (1:1), the mobile phase C was ethanol, gradient elution was performed, the column temperature was 40 ℃, the flow rate was 1.0ml/min, the solvent used for diluting the sample was acetonitrile-water (40:60), the sample injection volume was 50. Mu.l, the detection wavelength was 220nm (estradiol and related impurities), 310nm (dydrogesterone and related impurities).
The sample and control sources involved in the examples are as follows (table 3):
TABLE 3 information table of samples and controls
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EXAMPLE 1 determination of the substances associated with the oestradiol dydrogesterone tablet
Chromatographic conditions:
ChromCore 120C 18 μm, 4.6X105 mm
Mobile phase A is water, mobile phase B is acetonitrile-methanol (1:1), mobile phase C is ethanol;
Gradient elution is as follows:
Wherein the elution gradient varies linearly, e.g., 42-50 minutes in the table above, mobile phase a (volume of mobile phase a as a percentage of the total volume of mobile phase) varies linearly from 62% to 50%, while mobile phase B (volume of mobile phase B as a percentage of the total volume of mobile phase) varies linearly from 10% to 35%, mobile phase C (volume of mobile phase C as a percentage of the total volume of mobile phase) varies linearly from 28% to 15%, wherein the sum of mobile phase a, mobile phase B and mobile phase C is always 100%. The remaining embodiments are not explained here.
The impurity mixed solution is prepared by respectively weighing 6-ketone-estradiol, 17 alpha-estradiol, estrone and dydrogesterone impurity A, 6-dydrogesterone, 17 alpha-dydrogesterone and dydrogesterone tablet powder with proper amounts, diluting with solvent (acetonitrile-water (40:60)) to prepare a solution containing about 0.5 mug of each impurity, 100 mug of estradiol and 500 mug of dydrogesterone in each 1ml, mixing uniformly and filtering.
The retention time, the degree of separation, etc. were recorded by precisely measuring 50. Mu.l of the mixed impurity solution injected into the liquid chromatograph. The results of each peak, as compared to the standard, are shown in table 4:
TABLE 4 Table 4
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As shown by the results of the table, the analysis method can effectively detect each impurity of estradiol under the detection condition of 220nm, and can effectively detect each impurity of dydrogesterone under the detection condition of 310 nm.
EXAMPLE 2 determination of the substances associated with the oestradiol dydrogesterone tablet
Chromatographic conditions:
ChromCore 120C 18 μm, 4.6X105 mm
Mobile phase A is water, mobile phase B is acetonitrile-methanol (1:1), mobile phase C is ethanol;
Gradient elution is as follows:
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The impurity mixed solution is prepared by respectively weighing 6-ketone-estradiol, 17 alpha-estradiol, estrone and dydrogesterone impurity A, 6-dydrogesterone, 17 alpha-dydrogesterone and dydrogesterone tablet powder with proper amounts, diluting with solvent (acetonitrile-water (40:60)) to prepare a solution containing about 0.5 mug of each impurity, 100 mug of estradiol and 500 mug of dydrogesterone in each 1ml, mixing uniformly and filtering.
The retention time, the degree of separation, etc. were recorded by precisely measuring 50. Mu.l of the mixed impurity solution injected into the liquid chromatograph. The results of each peak are shown in table 5, against the standard control:
TABLE 5
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As shown by the results of the table, the analysis method can effectively detect each impurity of estradiol under the detection condition of 220nm, and can effectively detect each impurity of dydrogesterone under the detection condition of 310 nm.
EXAMPLE 3 determination of the substances associated with the oestradiol dydrogesterone tablet
Chromatographic conditions:
Thermo Hypersil ODS, 150X 4.6mm,3 μm
Mobile phase A is water, mobile phase B is acetonitrile-methanol (1:1), mobile phase C is ethanol;
Gradient elution is as follows:
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The impurity mixed solution is prepared by respectively weighing 6-ketone-estradiol, 17 alpha-estradiol, estrone and dydrogesterone impurity A, 6-dydrogesterone, 17 alpha-dydrogesterone and dydrogesterone tablet powder with proper amounts, diluting with solvent (acetonitrile-water (40:60)) to prepare a solution containing about 0.5 mug 6-ketone-estradiol, 0.3 mug 17 alpha-estradiol, 0.5 mug estrone, 0.5 mug dydrogesterone impurity A, 0.13 mug 6-dydrogesterone, 0.15 mug 17 alpha-dydrogesterone, 100 mug estradiol and 500 mug dydrogesterone in each 1ml, mixing and filtering to obtain the impurity mixed solution.
The retention time, the degree of separation, etc. were recorded by precisely measuring 50. Mu.l of the mixed impurity solution injected into the liquid chromatograph. The results of each peak are shown in table 6, against a standard control:
TABLE 6
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As shown by the results of the table, the analysis method can effectively detect each impurity of estradiol under the detection condition of 220nm, and can effectively detect each impurity of dydrogesterone under the detection condition of 310 nm.
EXAMPLE 4 Pre-experiment of the accuracy of the method for producing the estramustine tablet related substances
Respectively taking 5 estradiol tablets (22240506) and placing the estradiol tablets into a 100ml measuring flask, adding a proper amount of solvent (acetonitrile-water (40:60)), carrying out ultrasonic treatment for 15 minutes to dissolve the estradiol tablets, cooling, respectively adding a proper amount of impurity mixed solution into the measuring flask, diluting to a scale with the solvent, shaking uniformly, centrifuging at 2500rpm of a centrifuge for 10 minutes, filtering with a 0.45 mu m polytetrafluoroethylene filter membrane, and taking filtrate as a series of sample solutions with accuracy. Under the established chromatographic conditions (same as in example 1), sample injection analysis is carried out on the sample solution, the detection amount of each substance is calculated by an external standard method (estradiol is used as an external standard for the estradiol related impurities, dydrogesterone is used as an external standard for the dydrogesterone related impurities), and the recovery rate is calculated by the ratio of the actual measurement result (detection amount) to the theoretical value, and the result is shown in Table 7.
TABLE 7
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Relative correction factor for estradiol related impurities:
TABLE 8
Relative correction factors for dydrogesterone related impurities:
TABLE 9
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Conclusion that the recovery rate of each impurity of the estradiol and the dydrogesterone is qualified (the acceptable standard is 90.0% -108.0%) within the concentration range of 20% -150%.
EXAMPLE 5 method of detecting limit and quantitative item of substances related to the oestradiol dydrogesterone tablet
And (3) respectively dissolving estradiol, dydrogesterone and related impurities by using a solvent, gradually diluting, respectively carrying out sample injection analysis on the diluted solution under the planned chromatographic conditions (same as in example 1), recording a chromatogram, establishing a quantitative limit according to a signal-to-noise ratio S/N (10/1), and establishing a detection limit according to a signal-to-noise ratio S/N (3/1). The results are shown in Table 10:
Table 10 limit of detection and limit of quantification test results
Note that the test sample concentration was 0.1mg/ml for estradiol and related impurities and 0.5mg/ml for dydrogesterone and related impurities.
The conclusion is that the detection limit and the quantitative limit of each component are lower than 0.05% of the concentration of the sample, each impurity can be effectively detected and accurately quantified, and the sensitivity of the method is good.
Comparative example 1 determination of the substances related to the tablet of estramustine
The test method comprises the steps of measuring according to an import registration standard JX20130310 method, wherein the mobile phase is acetonitrile-water (425:600), isocratic elution, the flow rate is 1.0ml/min, a chromatographic column is thermo Hypersil ODS,150 multiplied by 4.6mm and 3 mu m, the column temperature is 40 ℃, the sample injection volume is 20 mu l, the running time is 40 minutes, and the detection wavelength is 220nm (estradiol and related impurities) and 310nm (dydrogesterone and related impurities). The solvent used to dilute the sample was acetonitrile-water (40:60).
And (3) respectively weighing 6-ketone-estradiol, 17 alpha-estradiol, estrone and dydrogesterone impurities A, 6-dydrogesterone, 17 alpha-dydrogesterone and estradiol dydrogesterone tablet powder in proper amounts, diluting with a solvent to prepare a solution containing about 0.5 mug of each impurity, 100 mug of estradiol and 500 mug of dydrogesterone in 1ml, uniformly mixing and filtering to obtain the impurity mixed solution.
20 Μl of the impurity mixed solution was precisely measured and injected into a liquid chromatograph to record retention time, separation degree, etc. The results of each peak are shown in table 11, against the standard control:
TABLE 11
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The results show that the detection of 6-keto-estradiol is interfered, the separation of estradiol and adjacent impurities is poor, and the effective separation between dydrogesterone and dydrogesterone impurity A and between 6-dydrogesterone and 17 alpha-dydrogesterone cannot be realized.
Comparative example 2 determination of the substances related to the estramustine tablet
The test method comprises the steps of referring to a method of European pharmacopoeia estradiol related substances, taking acetonitrile-ethanol (96) -water (21:25:54) as a mobile phase, carrying out isocratic elution, carrying out flow rate of 1.0ml/min, carrying out chromatographic column, namely Phenomnex Luna C18 (2) 100A,4.6mm 25cm and 5 mu m, carrying out column temperature of 40 ℃, carrying out sample injection volume of 20 mu l, carrying out operation time of 60 minutes, and carrying out detection wavelength of 280nm. The solvent used to dilute the sample was acetonitrile-water (40:60).
And (3) respectively weighing 6-ketone-estradiol, 17 alpha-estradiol, estrone and dydrogesterone impurities A, 6-dydrogesterone, 17 alpha-dydrogesterone and estradiol dydrogesterone tablet powder in proper amounts, diluting with a solvent to prepare a solution containing about 0.5 mug of each impurity, 100 mug of estradiol and 500 mug of dydrogesterone in 1ml, uniformly mixing and filtering to obtain the impurity mixed solution.
20 Μl of the impurity mixed solution was precisely measured and injected into a liquid chromatograph to record retention time, separation degree, etc. The results of each peak, as compared to the standard, are shown in table 12:
Table 12
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The results show that the 6-keto-estradiol response value is low and that an effective separation between dydrogesterone and dydrogesterone impurity a, 6-dydrogesterone and 17 alpha-dydrogesterone cannot be achieved in this method.
Comparative example 3 determination of the substances related to the estramustine tablet
Test methods referring to the United states pharmacopoeia dydrogesterone related substances method, the mobile phase was acetonitrile-methanol-water (400:50:550), isocratic elution, flow rate of 1.0ml/min, chromatographic column: thermo Hypersil ODS, 150X 4.6mm,3 μm, column temperature of 40 ℃, sample injection volume of 20. Mu.l, run time of 60 min, detection wavelength of 280nm.
The impurity mixed solution is prepared by respectively weighing 6-ketone-estradiol, 17 alpha-estradiol, estrone and dydrogesterone impurity A, 6-dydrogesterone, 17 alpha-dydrogesterone and dydrogesterone tablet powder with proper amounts, diluting with solvent to prepare a solution containing about 0.5 mug of 6-ketone-estradiol, 0.3 mug of 17 alpha-estradiol, 0.5 mug of estrone, 0.5 mug of dydrogesterone impurity A, 0.13 mug of 6-dydrogesterone, 0.15 mug of 17 alpha-dydrogesterone, 100 mug of estradiol and 500 mug of dydrogesterone in each 1ml, mixing evenly and filtering to obtain the impurity mixed solution.
20 Μl of the impurity mixed solution was precisely measured and injected into a liquid chromatograph to record retention time, separation degree, etc. The results of each peak are shown in table 13, against the standard:
TABLE 13
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The results show that the method has low response values of various impurities of estradiol, the separation of estrone and 17 alpha-estradiol is poor, and the effective separation of dydrogesterone and dydrogesterone impurity A cannot be realized.
Comparative example 4 determination of the substances related to the oestradiol dydrogesterone tablet
Chromatographic conditions:
Thermo Hypersil ODS, 150X 4.6mm,3 μm
Mobile phase A is water, mobile phase B is acetonitrile, mobile phase C is ethanol;
Gradient elution is as follows:
The impurity mixed solution is prepared by respectively weighing 6-ketone-estradiol, 17 alpha-estradiol, estrone and dydrogesterone impurity A, 6-dydrogesterone, 17 alpha-dydrogesterone and dydrogesterone tablet powder with proper amounts, diluting with solvent to prepare a solution containing about 0.5 mug of 6-ketone-estradiol, 0.3 mug of 17 alpha-estradiol, 0.5 mug of estrone, 0.5 mug of dydrogesterone impurity A, 0.13 mug of 6-dydrogesterone, 0.15 mug of 17 alpha-dydrogesterone, 100 mug of estradiol and 500 mug of dydrogesterone in each 1ml, mixing evenly and filtering to obtain the impurity mixed solution.
20 Μl of the impurity mixed solution was precisely measured and injected into a liquid chromatograph to record retention time, separation degree, etc. The results of each peak, as compared to the standard, are shown in table 14:
TABLE 14
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As shown by the results of the table, the analysis method can effectively detect each impurity of the estradiol under the detection condition of 220nm, but the baseline fluctuation is large, the integral of the estrone is easy to be interfered, and the dydrogesterone impurity A and the dydrogesterone peak are completely overlapped and cannot be separated under the detection condition of 310 nm.
Comparative example 5 determination of the substances related to the oestradiol dydrogesterone tablet
Chromatographic conditions:
Thermo Hypersil ODS, 150X 4.6mm,3 μm
Mobile phase A is water, mobile phase B is acetonitrile-methanol (4:1), mobile phase C is ethanol;
Gradient elution is as follows:
The impurity mixed solution is prepared by respectively weighing 6-ketone-estradiol, 17 alpha-estradiol, estrone and dydrogesterone impurity A, 6-dydrogesterone, 17 alpha-dydrogesterone and dydrogesterone tablet powder with proper amounts, diluting with solvent to prepare a solution containing about 0.5 mug of 6-ketone-estradiol, 0.3 mug of 17 alpha-estradiol, 0.5 mug of estrone, 0.5 mug of dydrogesterone impurity A, 0.13 mug of 6-dydrogesterone, 0.15 mug of 17 alpha-dydrogesterone, 100 mug of estradiol and 500 mug of dydrogesterone in each 1ml, mixing evenly and filtering to obtain the impurity mixed solution.
20 Μl of the impurity mixed solution was precisely measured and injected into a liquid chromatograph to record retention time, separation degree, etc. The results of each peak, as compared to the standard, are shown in table 15:
TABLE 15
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As shown by the results of the table, the analysis method can effectively detect each impurity of the estradiol under the detection condition of 220nm, but the baseline fluctuation is large, the integral of 17 alpha-estradiol and estrone is easy to be interfered, and the dydrogesterone impurity A and the dydrogesterone peak are basically completely overlapped and cannot be separated under the detection condition of 310 nm.