Stablity Studies - FP: Plot No. 63, 76 & 77, Industrial Park (APIIC) Valasapalli, NH 42 Madanapalle - 517 325, AP, India
Stablity Studies - FP: Plot No. 63, 76 & 77, Industrial Park (APIIC) Valasapalli, NH 42 Madanapalle - 517 325, AP, India
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                                  CONTENTS                                                PAGE NO
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 i    Approval page                                                                              3
1 Purpose 4
 2    Test Design                                                                                4
2.1   Test Material                                                                              4
2.2   Testing Plan                                                                               4
3 Number of samples 5
4 Report content 6
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 i    Approval page                                                                              3
1 Responsibility 5
 2    Summary                                                                                    5
 3    Objective                                                                                  5
 4    Test Material                                                                              5
5 Composition 6
6 Packaging 7
8 Analytical procedures 7
9 Reference standard 7
10 Results 7
11 Discussion / Conclusions 8
                                                                                                                               Results
        Test                          Specification
                                                                                Initial              1st Month              2nd Month               3rd Month               6th Month
                      A white or almost white, crystalline               White crystalline       White crystalline       White crystalline       White crystalline       White crystalline
Characters
                      powder.                                                  powder                  powder                  powder                  powder                  powder
                                                                        Slightly soluble in     Slightly soluble in     Slightly soluble in     Slightly soluble in     Slightly soluble in
                                                                            water, very             water, very             water, very             water, very             water, very
                      Slightly soluble in water, very slightly          slightly soluble in     slightly soluble in     slightly soluble in     slightly soluble in     slightly soluble in
                      soluble in ethanol (96 per cent), practically       ethanol (96 per         ethanol (96 per         ethanol (96 per         ethanol (96 per         ethanol (96 per
                                                                         cent), practically      cent), practically      cent), practically      cent), practically      cent), practically
Solubility            insoluble in fatty oils. It dissolves in dilute
                                                                         insoluble in fatty      insoluble in fatty      insoluble in fatty      insoluble in fatty      insoluble in fatty
                      acids and dilute solutions of alkali              oils. It dissolves in   oils. It dissolves in   oils. It dissolves in   oils. It dissolves in   oils. It dissolves in
                      hydroxides.                                         dilute acids and        dilute acids and        dilute acids and        dilute acids and        dilute acids and
                                                                        dilute solutions of     dilute solutions of     dilute solutions of     dilute solutions of     dilute solutions of
                                                                        alkali hydroxides.      alkali hydroxides.      alkali hydroxides.      alkali hydroxides.      alkali hydroxides.
Identification
By Infrared           Test IR spectrum should be match with                Positive for            Positive for            Positive for            Positive for            Positive for
                                                                           Amoxicillin             Amoxicillin             Amoxicillin             Amoxicillin             Amoxicillin
Spectrophotometry     standard IR spectrum
                                                                           Trihydrate              Trihydrate              Trihydrate              Trihydrate              Trihydrate
pH                    3.5 to 5.5                                               4.5                     4.5                     4.6                     4.6                     4.7
Specific optical
                      + 290° to + 315° (anhydrous substance)                  + 296°                  + 296°                  + 296°                  + 297°                  + 298°
rotation
Related substances
Any impurity          Not more than 1.0 per cent                              0.3 %                   0.3 %                   0.4 %                    0.4 %                   0.5 %
N,N-Dimethylaniline   Not more than 20 ppm                                    9 ppm                   9 ppm                   9 ppm                   10 ppm                  10 ppm
Water                 11.5 % to 14.5 %                                        12.4 %                  12.4 %                  12.5 %                  12.5 %                  12.6 %
Sulfated ash          Not more than 1.0%                                      0.4 %                   0.4 %                   0.5 %                    0.5 %                   0.6 %
Assay (in %)          95.0 per cent to 102.0 per cent                          99.83                   99.71                   99.48                   99.36                   99.13
                                                                                                                                 Results
        Test                          Specification
                                                                                  Initial              1st Month              2nd Month               3rd Month                6th Month
                      A white or almost white, crystalline                 White crystalline       White crystalline       White crystalline       White crystalline        White crystalline
Characters
                      powder.                                                    powder                  powder                  powder                  powder                   powder
                                                                          Slightly soluble in     Slightly soluble in     Slightly soluble in     Slightly soluble in      Slightly soluble in
                                                                              water, very             water, very             water, very             water, very              water, very
                      Slightly soluble in water, very slightly            slightly soluble in     slightly soluble in     slightly soluble in     slightly soluble in      slightly soluble in
                      soluble in ethanol (96 per cent), practically         ethanol (96 per         ethanol (96 per         ethanol (96 per         ethanol (96 per          ethanol (96 per
                                                                           cent), practically      cent), practically      cent), practically      cent), practically       cent), practically
Solubility            insoluble in fatty oils. It dissolves in dilute
                                                                           insoluble in fatty      insoluble in fatty      insoluble in fatty      insoluble in fatty       insoluble in fatty
                      acids and dilute solutions of alkali                oils. It dissolves in   oils. It dissolves in   oils. It dissolves in   oils. It dissolves in    oils. It dissolves in
                      hydroxides.                                           dilute acids and        dilute acids and        dilute acids and        dilute acids and         dilute acids and
                                                                          dilute solutions of     dilute solutions of     dilute solutions of     dilute solutions of      dilute solutions of
                                                                          alkali hydroxides.      alkali hydroxides.      alkali hydroxides.      alkali hydroxides.       alkali hydroxides.
Identification
By Infrared           Test IR spectrum should be match with                   Positive for           Positive for            Positive for            Positive for             Positive for
                                                                              Amoxicillin            Amoxicillin             Amoxicillin             Amoxicillin              Amoxicillin
Spectrophotometry     standard IR spectrum
                                                                              Trihydrate             Trihydrate              Trihydrate              Trihydrate               Trihydrate
pH                    3.5 to 5.5                                                  4.6                    4.7                     4.7                     8.8                      8.8
Specific optical
                      + 290° to + 315° (anhydrous substance)                     + 95°                  + 296°                  + 296°                  + 297°                   + 297°
rotation
Related substances
Any impurity          Not more than 1.0 per cent                                0.3 %                   0.3 %                    0.3 %                   0.4 %                    0.4 %
N,N-Dimethylaniline   Not more than 20 ppm                                      9 ppm                   9 ppm                   10 ppm                  10 ppm                   10 ppm
Water                 11.5 % to 14.5 %                                          12.4 %                  12.4 %                  12.5 %                  12.6 %                   12.6 %
Sulfated ash          Not more than 1.0%                                        0.3 %                   0.4 %                    0.3 %                   0.5 %                    0.6 %
Assay (in %)          95.0 per cent to 102.0 per cent                            99.77                   99.65                   99.42                   99.30                    99.07
                                                                                                                             Results
        Test                          Specification
                                                                              Initial               1st Month              2nd Month                3rd Month               6th Month
                      A white or almost white, crystalline              White crystalline       White crystalline       White crystalline       White crystalline       White crystalline
Characters
                      powder.                                               powder                  powder                  powder                  powder                  powder
                                                                        Slightly soluble in     Slightly soluble in     Slightly soluble in     Slightly soluble in     Slightly soluble in
                                                                            water, very             water, very             water, very             water, very             water, very
                      Slightly soluble in water, very slightly          slightly soluble in     slightly soluble in     slightly soluble in     slightly soluble in     slightly soluble in
                      soluble in ethanol (96 per cent), practically       ethanol (96 per         ethanol (96 per         ethanol (96 per         ethanol (96 per         ethanol (96 per
                                                                         cent), practically      cent), practically      cent), practically      cent), practically      cent), practically
Solubility            insoluble in fatty oils. It dissolves in dilute
                                                                         insoluble in fatty      insoluble in fatty      insoluble in fatty      insoluble in fatty      insoluble in fatty
                      acids and dilute solutions of alkali              oils. It dissolves in   oils. It dissolves in   oils. It dissolves in   oils. It dissolves in   oils. It dissolves in
                      hydroxides.                                         dilute acids and        dilute acids and        dilute acids and        dilute acids and        dilute acids and
                                                                        dilute solutions of     dilute solutions of     dilute solutions of     dilute solutions of     dilute solutions of
                                                                        alkali hydroxides.      alkali hydroxides.      alkali hydroxides.      alkali hydroxides.      alkali hydroxides.
Identification
By Infrared           Test IR spectrum should be match with                Positive for            Positive for            Positive for            Positive for            Positive for
                                                                           Amoxicillin             Amoxicillin             Amoxicillin             Amoxicillin             Amoxicillin
Spectrophotometry     standard IR spectrum
                                                                           Trihydrate              Trihydrate              Trihydrate              Trihydrate              Trihydrate
pH                    3.5 to 5.5                                               4.6                     4.6                     4.7                     4.7                     4.8
Specific optical
                      + 290° to + 315° (anhydrous substance)                  + 296°                  + 296°                  + 297°                  + 297°                  + 298°
rotation
Related substances
Any impurity          Not more than 1.0 per cent                              0.3 %                   0.3 %                    0.3 %                   0.4 %                   0.4 %
N,N-Dimethylaniline   Not more than 20 ppm                                    9 ppm                   9 ppm                   10 ppm                  10 ppm                  11 ppm
Water                 11.5 % to 14.5 %                                        12.4 %                  12.5 %                  12.5 %                  12.6 %                  12.6 %
Remarks: The above mention substance under the conditions mention above is stable up to the period of 6 months.
                                                                                                                                Results
             Test             Specification
                                                                                               6th              9th             12 th             18th             24th             36th             48th
                                                            Initial       3rd Month
                                                                                              Month            Month            month            month            Month            Month            Month
                     A white or almost white,              White            White              White           White            White            White            White            White            White
Characters                                               crystalline      crystalline        crystalline     crystalline      crystalline      crystalline      crystalline      crystalline      crystalline
                     crystalline powder.
                                                          powder           powder             powder          powder           powder           powder           powder           powder           powder
                                                           Slightly         Slightly          Slightly         Slightly         Slightly         Slightly         Slightly         Slightly         Slightly
                                                          soluble in       soluble in        soluble in       soluble in       soluble in       soluble in       soluble in       soluble in       soluble in
                                                         water, very      water, very       water, very      water, very      water, very      water, very      water, very      water, very      water, very
                                                           slightly         slightly          slightly         slightly         slightly         slightly         slightly         slightly         slightly
                                                          soluble in       soluble in        soluble in       soluble in       soluble in       soluble in       soluble in       soluble in       soluble in
                     Slightly soluble in water, very
                                                         ethanol (96      ethanol (96       ethanol (96      ethanol (96      ethanol (96      ethanol (96      ethanol (96      ethanol (96      ethanol (96
                     slightly soluble in ethanol (96      per cent),       per cent),        per cent),       per cent),       per cent),       per cent),       per cent),       per cent),       per cent),
                     per cent), practically insoluble     practically      practically       practically      practically      practically      practically      practically      practically      practically
Solubility
                     in fatty oils. It dissolves in      insoluble in     insoluble in      insoluble in     insoluble in     insoluble in     insoluble in     insoluble in     insoluble in     insoluble in
                     dilute acids and dilute solutions   fatty oils. It   fatty oils. It    fatty oils. It   fatty oils. It   fatty oils. It   fatty oils. It   fatty oils. It   fatty oils. It   fatty oils. It
                     of alkali hydroxides.               dissolves in     dissolves in      dissolves in     dissolves in     dissolves in     dissolves in     dissolves in     dissolves in     dissolves in
                                                         dilute acids     dilute acids      dilute acids     dilute acids     dilute acids     dilute acids     dilute acids     dilute acids     dilute acids
                                                          and dilute       and dilute        and dilute       and dilute       and dilute       and dilute       and dilute       and dilute       and dilute
                                                         solutions of     solutions of      solutions of     solutions of     solutions of     solutions of     solutions of     solutions of     solutions of
                                                             alkali           alkali            alkali           alkali           alkali           alkali           alkali           alkali           alkali
                                                         hydroxides.      hydroxides.       hydroxides.      hydroxides.      hydroxides.      hydroxides.      hydroxides.      hydroxides.      hydroxides.
Identification
                     Test IR spectrum should be          Positive for     Positive for      Positive for     Positive for     Positive for     Positive for     Positive for     Positive for     Positive for
By Infrared
                     match with standard IR              Amoxicillin      Amoxicillin       Amoxicillin      Amoxicillin      Amoxicillin      Amoxicillin      Amoxicillin      Amoxicillin      Amoxicillin
Spectrophotometry
                     spectrum                            Trihydrate       Trihydrate        Trihydrate       Trihydrate       Trihydrate       Trihydrate       Trihydrate       Trihydrate       Trihydrate
pH                   3.5 to 5.5                               4.5              4.5               4.5              4.5              4.6              4.6              4.6              4.7              4.7
Any impurity                   Not more than 1.0 per cent        0.3 %       0.3 %          0.3 %          0.3 %          0.4 %          0.4 %          0.4 %          0.5 %         0.5 %
N,N-Dimethylaniline            Not more than 20 ppm              9 ppm       9 ppm         9 ppm          9 ppm          10 ppm         10 ppm         10 ppm         11 ppm         11 ppm
Water                          11.5 % to 14.5 %                  12.4 %      12.4 %        12.4 %         12.4 %         12.5 %          12.5 %         12.5 %         12.5 %        12.6 %
Sulfated ash                   Not more than 1.0%                0.4 %       0.4 %         0.5 %          0.5 %          0.5 %           0.6 %          0.6 %          0.6 %         0.6 %
Assay (in %)                   95.0 per cent to 102.0 per cent   99.83       99.79          99.56          99.48          99.25          99.02          98.79          98.56          97.87
Remarks: The above mention substance under the conditions mention above is stable up to the period of 4 years.
                                                                                                                                  Results
             Test                Specification
                                                                                                 6th              9th             12 th             18th             24th             36th             48th
                                                               Initial       3rd Month
                                                                                                Month            Month            month            month            Month            Month            Month
                        A white or almost white,              White            White            White            White            White            White            White            White            White
Characters                                                  crystalline      crystalline      crystalline      crystalline      crystalline      crystalline      crystalline      crystalline      crystalline
                        crystalline powder.
                                                             powder           powder           powder           powder           powder           powder           powder           powder           powder
                                                              Slightly         Slightly         Slightly         Slightly         Slightly         Slightly         Slightly         Slightly         Slightly
                                                             soluble in       soluble in       soluble in       soluble in       soluble in       soluble in       soluble in       soluble in       soluble in
                                                            water, very      water, very      water, very      water, very      water, very      water, very      water, very      water, very      water, very
                                                              slightly         slightly         slightly         slightly         slightly         slightly         slightly         slightly         slightly
                                                             soluble in       soluble in       soluble in       soluble in       soluble in       soluble in       soluble in       soluble in       soluble in
                        Slightly soluble in water, very
                                                            ethanol (96      ethanol (96      ethanol (96      ethanol (96      ethanol (96      ethanol (96      ethanol (96      ethanol (96      ethanol (96
                        slightly soluble in ethanol (96      per cent),       per cent),       per cent),       per cent),       per cent),       per cent),       per cent),       per cent),       per cent),
                        per cent), practically insoluble     practically      practically      practically      practically      practically      practically      practically      practically      practically
Solubility
                        in fatty oils. It dissolves in      insoluble in     insoluble in     insoluble in     insoluble in     insoluble in     insoluble in     insoluble in     insoluble in     insoluble in
                        dilute acids and dilute solutions   fatty oils. It   fatty oils. It   fatty oils. It   fatty oils. It   fatty oils. It   fatty oils. It   fatty oils. It   fatty oils. It   fatty oils. It
                        of alkali hydroxides.               dissolves in     dissolves in     dissolves in     dissolves in     dissolves in     dissolves in     dissolves in     dissolves in     dissolves in
                                                            dilute acids     dilute acids     dilute acids     dilute acids     dilute acids     dilute acids     dilute acids     dilute acids     dilute acids
                                                             and dilute       and dilute       and dilute       and dilute       and dilute       and dilute       and dilute       and dilute       and dilute
                                                            solutions of     solutions of     solutions of     solutions of     solutions of     solutions of     solutions of     solutions of     solutions of
                                                                alkali           alkali           alkali           alkali           alkali           alkali           alkali           alkali           alkali
                                                            hydroxides.      hydroxides.      hydroxides.      hydroxides.      hydroxides.      hydroxides.      hydroxides.      hydroxides.      hydroxides.
Identification
                        Test IR spectrum should be          Positive for     Positive for     Positive for     Positive for     Positive for     Positive for     Positive for     Positive for     Positive for
By Infrared
                        match with standard IR              Amoxicillin      Amoxicillin      Amoxicillin      Amoxicillin      Amoxicillin      Amoxicillin      Amoxicillin      Amoxicillin      Amoxicillin
Spectrophotometry
                        spectrum                            Trihydrate       Trihydrate       Trihydrate       Trihydrate       Trihydrate       Trihydrate       Trihydrate       Trihydrate       Trihydrate
Any impurity                   Not more than 1.0 per cent        0.3 %       0.3 %            0.3 %          0.4 %          0.4 %          0.4 %          0.5 %          0.5 %         0.5 %
N,N-Dimethylaniline            Not more than 20 ppm              9 ppm       9 ppm           9 ppm          10 ppm         10 ppm         10 ppm         10 ppm         11 ppm         11 ppm
Water                          11.5 % to 14.5 %                  12.4 %      12.4 %          12.5 %         12.5 %         12.5 %          12.5 %         12.5 %         12.6 %        12.6 %
Sulfated ash                   Not more than 1.0%                0.3 %       0.3 %           0.4 %          0.4 %          0.5 %           0.5 %          0.5 %          0.6 %         0.6 %
Assay (in %)                   95.0 per cent to 102.0 per cent   99.77       99.73            99.50          99.42          99.19          98.96          98.73          98.50          97.99
Remarks: The above mention substance under the conditions mention above is stable up to the period of 4 years.
                                                                                                                                  Results
             Test               Specification
                                                                                              6th              9th              12 th            18th             24th             36th             48th
                                                           Initial          3rd Month
                                                                                              Month            Month            month            month            Month            Month            Month
                       A white or almost white,               White           White              White           White            White            White            White            White            White
Characters                                                  crystalline     crystalline        crystalline     crystalline      crystalline      crystalline      crystalline      crystalline      crystalline
                       crystalline powder.
                                                             powder          powder             powder          powder           powder           powder           powder           powder           powder
                                                             Slightly         Slightly          Slightly         Slightly         Slightly         Slightly         Slightly         Slightly         Slightly
                                                            soluble in       soluble in        soluble in       soluble in       soluble in       soluble in       soluble in       soluble in       soluble in
                                                           water, very      water, very       water, very      water, very      water, very      water, very      water, very      water, very      water, very
                                                             slightly         slightly          slightly         slightly         slightly         slightly         slightly         slightly         slightly
                                                            soluble in       soluble in        soluble in       soluble in       soluble in       soluble in       soluble in       soluble in       soluble in
                       Slightly soluble in water, very
                                                           ethanol (96      ethanol (96       ethanol (96      ethanol (96      ethanol (96      ethanol (96      ethanol (96      ethanol (96      ethanol (96
                       slightly soluble in ethanol (96      per cent),       per cent),        per cent),       per cent),       per cent),       per cent),       per cent),       per cent),       per cent),
                       per cent), practically insoluble     practically      practically       practically      practically      practically      practically      practically      practically      practically
Solubility
                       in fatty oils. It dissolves in      insoluble in     insoluble in      insoluble in     insoluble in     insoluble in     insoluble in     insoluble in     insoluble in     insoluble in
                       dilute acids and dilute solutions   fatty oils. It   fatty oils. It    fatty oils. It   fatty oils. It   fatty oils. It   fatty oils. It   fatty oils. It   fatty oils. It   fatty oils. It
                       of alkali hydroxides.               dissolves in     dissolves in      dissolves in     dissolves in     dissolves in     dissolves in     dissolves in     dissolves in     dissolves in
                                                           dilute acids     dilute acids      dilute acids     dilute acids     dilute acids     dilute acids     dilute acids     dilute acids     dilute acids
                                                            and dilute       and dilute        and dilute       and dilute       and dilute       and dilute       and dilute       and dilute       and dilute
                                                           solutions of     solutions of      solutions of     solutions of     solutions of     solutions of     solutions of     solutions of     solutions of
                                                               alkali           alkali            alkali           alkali           alkali           alkali           alkali           alkali           alkali
                                                           hydroxides.      hydroxides.       hydroxides.      hydroxides.      hydroxides.      hydroxides.      hydroxides.      hydroxides.      hydroxides.
Identification
                       Test IR spectrum should be          Positive for     Positive for      Positive for     Positive for     Positive for     Positive for     Positive for     Positive for     Positive for
By Infrared
                       match with standard IR              Amoxicillin      Amoxicillin       Amoxicillin      Amoxicillin      Amoxicillin      Amoxicillin      Amoxicillin      Amoxicillin      Amoxicillin
Spectrophotometry
                       spectrum                            Trihydrate       Trihydrate        Trihydrate       Trihydrate       Trihydrate       Trihydrate       Trihydrate       Trihydrate       Trihydrate
pH                     3.5 to 5.5                               4.6              4.5               4.6              4.6              4.6              4.6              4.7              4.7              4.7
Any impurity                   Not more than 1.0 per cent        0.3 %       0.3 %          0.4 %          0.4 %          0.4 %          0.5 %          0.5 %          0.5 %         0.5 %
N,N-Dimethylaniline            Not more than 20 ppm              9 ppm       9 ppm         9 ppm          10 ppm         10 ppm         10 ppm         11 ppm         11 ppm         11 ppm
Water                          11.5 % to 14.5 %                  12.4 %      12.4 %        12.4 %         12.5 %         12.5 %          12.5 %         12.5 %         12.6 %        12.6 %
Sulfated ash                   Not more than 1.0%                0.4 %       0.4 %         0.5 %          0.5 %          0.5 %           0.5 %          0.6 %          0.6 %         0.9 %
Assay (in %)                   95.0 per cent to 102.0 per cent   99.86       99.82          99.59          99.51          99.28          99.05          98.82          98.59         98.32
Remarks: The above mention substance under the conditions mention above is stable up to the period of 4 years.