Abstract
Herein, a sensitive and reliable eco-friendly TLC-spectrodensitometric method has been established for the simultaneous determination of dapagliflozin (DAPA) and rosuvastatin (ROSV) for the first time. TLC separation was carried out on silica gel F
254
using ethyl acetate : methanol (5 : 0.1, v/v) as a mobile phase and UV measurement at 243 nm. The method was fully validated according to ICH guidelines. Acceptable separation was achieved with
R
f
values of 0.23 and 0.44 for DAPA and ROSV, respectively. Regression plots revealed linear relationships in the concentration range 20–2500 ng per band and 10–2500 ng per band with LODs of 6.60 and 3.57 ng per band for both DAPA and ROSV, respectively. The relative standard deviations (RSDs%) were found to be 1.35 and 0.53 for DAPA and ROSV, respectively. Moreover, kinetic studies were conducted for measurement of degradation rate constant (
k
) and half life time (
t
1/2
) of DAPA and ROSV
via
forced photo-degradation.