Abstract
Two selective and sensitive chromatographic methods were developed for simultaneous determination of new combination of quinfamide and mebendazole in bulk powder and in pharmaceutical formulation. The first method is HPTLC by which separation was obtained using silica gel HPTLC F-254 plates and a simple mobile phase consisting of methanol:toluene (2:6, v/v) and the separated bands were scanned at 254 nm. The second method RP-HPLC that comprised isocratic separation of both drugs on a Phenomenex C-18 column using a green mobile phase consisting of double distilled water:methanol (30:70, v/v) at a flow rate of 0.8 mL/min and UV detection at 254 nm. The developed methods were validated and proved to meet ICH guidelines. Successful application of the developed methods was carried out for determination of quinfamide and mebendazole in Vermox Plus (R) tablets. Statistical comparison between the developed chromatographic methods and the reported simultaneous equation spectrophotometric method showed that there was no significant difference between them, proving the ability of applying the proposed methods in quality control testing of the studied drugs. The developed methods are considered the first chromatographic methods for simultaneous determination of quinfamide and mebendazole; moreover, they offered sensitive and selective eco-friendly methods for analysis of the studied drugs.