Title:Simultaneous determination of Curcumin (Cur) and Thymoquinone (THQ) in lipid based self-nanoemulsifying systems and its application to the commercial product using UHPLC-UV-Vis spectrophotometer
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Author(s):Mohsin Kazi*, Mohammad H. Shariare, Mshaan Al-bgomi, Muhammad Delwar Hussain and Fars K. Alanazi
Affiliation:Kayyali Chair for Pharmaceutical Industries, Department of Pharmaceutics, College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, Riyadh, 11451, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, North South University, Dhaka, Kayyali Chair for Pharmaceutical Industries, Department of Pharmaceutics, College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, Riyadh, 11451, Department of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, California Health Science University, Clovis, California 93612, Kayyali Chair for Pharmaceutical Industries, Department of Pharmaceutics, College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, Riyadh, 11451
Keywords:Curcumin, thymoquinone, UHPLC-UV-Vis, method validation, self-nanoemulsifying lipid based formulation, simultaneous
determination.
Abstract:Background: A simple, precise, selective and Reproducible Reversed Phase Ultra-High Performance
Liquid Chromatography (RP-UHPLC) method has been developed and validated for the simultaneous
determination of two plant constituents, Curcumin (Cur) and Thymoquinone (THQ) in lipid
based self-nanoemulsifying formulation and commercial products (Turmeric 500mg capsules and black
seed oil 500ml).
Method: The chromatographic separation was carried out on a reversed-phase Acquity® BEH C18 column
using methanol: 0.25% formic acid solution in water (60:40, v/v) as the mobile phase. The isocratic
flow rate was 0.3 ml/min with a rapid run time of 4 min. The UV detections were at 254 nm for THQ
and 428 nm for Cur. The method was validated over a concentration range of 100-50,000 ng mL-1 (r2=
>0.9999 for both Cur and THQ).
Result: The selectivity, specificity, recovery, accuracy and precision were validated for determination
of Cur and THQ in lipid based formulation. The lower limits of detection and quantitation of the
method were 25 and 75 ng mL-1 for Cur and 35 and 100 ng mL-1 for THQ, respectively. The within and
between-day coefficients of variation were less than 5%. The validated method has been successfully
applied to quantify both Cur and THQ in self-nanoemulsifying formulation and commercial products. In
addition, the proposed method was also applied in ex-vivo (permeability) study using an animal model
(rat) to illustrate further the scope and application of the method.
