VALIDATED STABILITY INDICATING MICROBIAL AGAR ASSAY METHOD FOR DETERMINATION OF PRULIFLOXACIN
Sweety Kanolkar*, Teja Walke, Yogita Sardessai
Abstract
The development of a specific agar diffusion bioassay for
determination of Prulifloxacin is been carried out using the strain
Salmonella typhimurium ATCC 23564 as a test organism. The
validation of the method showed good linearity, precision and
accuracy. Drug sample exposed to UV radiation (254nm), acid
hydrolysis, alkaline hydrolysis, thermal stress were used to determine
the specificity of the bioassay. This study demonstrates the validity of
proposed bioassay, which will allow reliable quantification of
prulifloxacin in dosage form and can be used as an alternative method
for prulifloxacin analysis in stability studies.
Keywords: Prulifloxacin, agar diffusion bioassay, Salmonella typhimurium ATCC 23564, validation, stability.
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