Experiment #1
Sequence
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Determine the required amount of methanol and/or tetrahydrofuran if acetonitrile (ACN) is being used in mobile phase and/or diluent in combination of aqueous or non-aqueous phase. 

Avoid using acetonitile with biorelevant medium as it can lead to clogging of the HPLC column or detector cell capillaries.

Acetonitrile to Methanol
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Calculate the maximum drug concentration if the drug completely dissolves in the dissolution medium (typically 900mL). 

The result will be used repeatedly in many subsequent calculators for preparation of standards. 

 

Maximum Drug Concentration
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Determine the target concentration which is required to prepare the primary standard (PS).

Target Concentration for Primary Standard
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The result provided will give you the target weight that you are aiming for when preparing PS.

Primary Standard (PS) Target Weight
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The Primary standard is a concentrated standard/stock for subsequent preparation of secondary standard, multiple standards or dilutions of known drug concentrations.

Primary Standard (PS) Preparation

Prepare Primary Standard (PS)
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Secondary standard is required to improve the accuracy of drug concentration and has an intermediate drug concentration. For the preparation of secondary standard, dilution of primary standard is carried out.

Secondary Standard (SS) Preparation

Prepare Secondary Standard (SS)
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The highest (HD) and lowest (LD) drug concentration standards are used to check whether the analytical HPLC method can accurately and reliably quantify the drug at both extremes of concentration. For the preparation of HD and LD, dilution of secondary standard is carried out.  

HD and LD preparation

Prepare Highest and Lowest Drug Concentration Standards
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Select the required dilution ratio. Calculate the required volume of biorelevant medium and dilute with diluent.

Prepare Blank Biorelevant Sample
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Select the required dilution ratio and calculate the required volume of secondary standard and required volume of biorelevant medium to prepare the Working Standard.

Prepare Working Standard (WS)
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The linearity of an analytical method enables (over the range of dissolution concentration) generation of test results which

are directly proportional to the concentration of drug substance in the dissolution sample. Establish linearity for range of analysis 120 to 5%. 

The linearity standards (LS) must contain the biorelevant medium (BM) and diluent to keep the matrix similar to dissolution samples being analysed.

Linearity Standard Preparation

Prepare Linearity Standards
Scoping HPLC
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Determine the required amount of methanol and/or tetrahydrofuran if acetonitrile (ACN) is being used in mobile phase and/or diluent in combination of aqueous or non-aqueous phase. 

Avoid using acetonitile with biorelevant medium as it can lead to clogging of the HPLC column or detector cell capillaries.

Acetonitrile percentage

Results:

Methanol percentage

Tetrahydrofuran percentage

Water percentage

Scoping HPLC Interference Linearity
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Calculate the maximum drug concentration if the drug completely dissolves in the dissolution medium (typically 900mL). 

The result will be used repeatedly in many subsequent calculators for preparation of standards. 

 

Amount of drug in dosage form

Medium volume in vessel

Results:

Maximum drug concentration

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Calculate the maximum drug concentration if the drug completely dissolves in the dissolution medium (typically 900mL). 

The result will be used repeatedly in many subsequent calculators for preparation of standards. 

 

Amount of drug in dosage form

Medium volume

Units

Results:

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Scoping HPLC Interference Linearity
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Determine the target concentration which is required to prepare the primary standard (PS).

 

Amount of drug in dosage form

Results:

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Scoping HPLC Interference
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Determine the target concentration which is required to prepare the primary standard (PS).

Amount of drug in dosage form

Results:

Recommended PS concentration

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The purpose of the primary standard is to serve as a concentrated standard/stock for subsequent preparation of secondary standard, multiple standards or dilutions of know drug concentrations.

Primary Standard (PS) Preparation

Drug Substance Purity

Actual weight of drug substance

Volumetric Flask

Results:

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Scoping HPLC Interference
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The result provided will give you the target weight that you are aiming for when preparing PS.

Volumetric flask

Drug substance purity

PS Concentration

Results:

PS target weight

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Secondary standard is required to improve the accuracy of drug concentration and has an intermediate drug concentration. For the preparation of secondary standard, dilution of primary standard is carried out.

Secondary Standard (SS) Preparation

Max Drug Concentration

Concentration of PS

Volumetric Flask

Results:

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Scoping HPLC Interference Linearity
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The Primary standard is a concentrated standard/stock for subsequent preparation of secondary standard, multiple standards or dilutions of known drug concentrations.

Primary Standard (PS) Preparation

Volumetric flask

Drug substance purity

Actual weight of drug substance

Results:

PS concentration

The highest and lowest drug concentration standards are used to check whether the analytical HPLC method can accurately and reliably quantify the drug at both extremes of concentration. For the preparation of HD and LD, dilution of secondary standard is carried out.  

HD and LD preparation

Select Dilution Ratio

Max Drug Concentration

Concentration of SS

Volumetric Flask

Results:

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Scoping HPLC Interference Linearity
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Secondary standard is required to improve the accuracy of drug concentration and has an intermediate drug concentration. For the preparation of secondary standard, dilution of primary standard is carried out.

Secondary Standard (SS) Preparation

Volumetric flask (mL)

Maximum drug concentration

PS concentration

Results:

Required volume of PS

SS concentration

Use calculator to convert mass/volume units

Concentration

From

To

Results:

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Scoping HPLC
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The highest (HD) and lowest (LD) drug concentration standards are used to check whether the analytical HPLC method can accurately and reliably quantify the drug at both extremes of concentration. For the preparation of HD and LD, dilution of secondary standard is carried out.  

HD and LD preparation

Select Dilution Ratio

Maximum drug concentration

SS concentration

Volumetric flask HD

Volumetric flask LD

Results:

Required volume of SS for HD

Concentration of HD

Concentration of HD in %

Required volume of SS for LD

Concentration of LD

Concentration of LD in %

Calculate Molarity (molar concentration) by dividing the mass/volume concentration of compound by its molecular weight.

Molecular Weight (g/mol)

Concentration

Results:

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Interference
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Select the required dilution ratio. Calculate the required volume of biorelevant medium and dilute with diluent.

Select Dilution Ratio

Volumetric flask

Results:

Required volume of Biorelevant medium

Interference
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Select the required dilution ratio and calculate the required volume of secondary standard and required volume of biorelevant medium to prepare the Working Standard.

Select dilution ratio

Maximum drug concentration

SS concentration

Volumetric flask

Results:

Required volume of SS for WS

Required volume of BM for WS

Concentration of WS

Concentration of WS in %

Use calculator to convert molarity units

Molarity

From

To

Results:

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Select the required dilution ratio and calculate the required volume of biorelevant medium

Select Dilution Ratio:

Volumetric Flask (mL)

Results:

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Linearity
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The linearity of an analytical method enables (over the range of dissolution concentration) generation of test results which

are directly proportional to the concentration of drug substance in the dissolution sample. Establish linearity for range of analysis 120 to 5%. 

The linearity standards (LS) must contain the biorelevant medium (BM) and diluent to keep the matrix similar to dissolution samples being analysed.

Linearity Standard Preparation

Select dilution ratio

Maximum drug concentration

SS concentration

Volumetric flask LS-06

Volumetric flask LS-05

Volumetric flask LS-04

Volumetric flask LS-03

Volumetric flask LS-02

Volumetric flask LS-01

Blank

Results:

Required volume of SS for LS-06

Required volume of BM for LS-06

Concentration of LS-06

Concentration of LS-06 in %

Required volume of SS for LS-05

Required volume of BM for LS-05

Concentration of LS-05

Concentration of LS-05 in %

Required volume of SS for LS-04

Required volume of BM for LS-04

Concentration of LS-04

Concentration of LS-04 in %

Required volume of SS for LS-03

Required volume of BM for LS-03

Concentration of LS-03

Concentration of LS-03 in %

Required volume of SS for LS-02

Required volume of BM for LS-02

Concentration of LS-02

Concentration of LS-02 in %

Required volume of SS for LS-01

Required volume of BM for LS-01

Concentration of LS-01

Concentration of LS-01 in %

Required volume of SS for Blank

Required volume of BM for Blank

Concentration of Blank

Concentration of Blank in %

Use this calculator to convert between mass and moles of a compound.

Molecular Weight

Input Value

From

To

Results:

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Select the required dilution ratio and calculate the required volume of secondary standard and required volume of biorelevant medium to prepare the Working Standard.

Select Dilution Ratio:

Max Drug Concentration (mg/mL)

Concentration of SS (mg/mL)

Volumetric Flask (mL)

Results:

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Calculate the required mass of compound in a specific volume of solvent to achieve the target molarity (molar concentration).

Molecular Weight

Volume

Molarity

Results:

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Use calculator to convert mass units

Volume

From

To

Results:

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Use calculator to convert mass units

Amount

From

To

Results:

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The result provided will give you the target weight that you are aiming for when preparing PS.

Concentration of PS (mg/mL)

Drug Substance Purity%

Volumetric Flask (mL)

Results:

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