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Introduction:Lornoxicam (LORN) a nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drug of oxicam class is marketed in combination with Paracetamol, a common analgesic for acute inflammatory disease of joints.Materials and Methods:LORN and Paracetamol (PCM) were estimated at 280 nm by densitometry using silica gel 60 F254 as stationary phase and a premix of toluene: chloroform: methanol: formic acid (3:5:1.5:0.2 v/v/v/v) as mobile phase. The method was found linear in a range of 160–560 nanograms/spot for LORN and 10 000–35 000 nanograms/spot for PCM with a correlation coefficient >0.99 for both.Result:PCM and LORN were well resolved with Rf 0.57 ± 0.02 and 0.75 ± 0.02, respectively.Conclusions:The developed high-performance thin layer chromatography method was found to be simple, specific, precise, and reproducible and can be used for the routine estimation of LORN and PCM in the combined tablet dosage form, available in market.

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A simple, precise, and accurate isocratic RP-HPLC method was developed and validated for determination of eprosartan in bulk drug and tablets. Isocratic RP-HPLC separation was achieved on a Phenomenex C18 column (250 4.6 mm id, 5 m particle size) using the mobile phase 0.5 formic acidmethanolacetonitrile (80 25 20, v/v/v, pH 2.80) at a flow rate of 1.0 mL/min. The retention time of eprosartan was 7.64 0.05 min. The detection was performed at 232 nm. The method was validated for linearity, precision, accuracy, robustness, solution stability, and specificity. The method was linear in the concentration range of 10400 g/mL with a correlation coefficient of 0.9999. The repeatability for six samples was 0.253 RSD; the intraday and interday precision were 0.210.57 and 0.330.71 RSD, respectively. The accuracy (recovery) was found to be in the range of 99.86100.92. The drug was subjected to the stress conditions hydrolysis, oxidation, photolysis, and heat. Degradation products produced as a result of the stress conditions did not interfere with detection of eprosartan; therefore, the proposed method can be considered stability-indicating.