HPLC Study on the Determination of Active Ingredients in Cough-Cold Preparations

HPLC법에 의한 종합감기약중 구성성분의 동시 정량

A simple and sensitive HPLC method was developed for the simultaneous determination of ten kinds of active ingredients formulated in commercial cough-cold mixtures. A group of Pseudoephedrine HCl, dl-Methylephedrine HCl, Noscapine, Chlorophenylamine maleate, Dextromethorphan HBr and Phenylpropanolamine HCl were determined at 254nm using a Novapak $C_{18}$ column with mobile phase consisting of a mixture of methanol-acetonitrile-1, 4dioxane-tetrahydrofuran-water(12 : 20 : 20 : 5 : 43, pH4.7) containing 0.013M-dioctyl sodium sulfosuccinate. The another group of Acetoaminophen, Caffeine, Guaifenesin and Ethenzamide were also determined at 254nm using a Novapak $C_{18}$ column as the stationary phase, and a mixture of methanol-1% aqueous acetic acid (3 : 7). The results indicate that these methods are accurate and precise with relative standard deviation of not more than 1% (n=5) for the above active ingredients.