Development and validation of an ICP-OES method for quantitation of elemental impurities in tablets according to coming US pharmacopeia chapters

Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis

Volumn 84, Issue , 2013, Pages 209-214

  Støving, Celina ^a,b   Jensen, Henrik ^a   Gammelgaard, Bente ^b   Stürup, Stefan ^b  

^a H LUNDBECK A S   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Elemental impurities; Inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometry; Microwave assisted acid digestion; Pharmaceuticals; Pharmacopeia

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; CUPROUS ION; HYDROCHLORIC ACID; IRIDIUM; IRON; LEAD; MANGANESE; MERCURY; NICKEL; PALLADIUM; PLATINUM; RUBIDIUM; VANADIUM;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROMETRY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DRUG IMPURITY; LIMIT OF DETECTION; LIMIT OF QUANTITATION; MICROWAVE RADIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDARD; TABLET;

ELEMENTAL IMPURITIES; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA OPTICAL EMISSION SPECTROMETRY; MICROWAVE-ASSISTED ACID DIGESTION; PHARMACEUTICALS; PHARMACOPEIA;

DRUG CONTAMINATION; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MICROWAVES; PHARMACOPOEIAS, HOMEOPATHIC; PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TABLETS; TRACE ELEMENTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84880387337     PISSN: 07317085     EISSN: 1873264X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpba.2013.06.007     Document Type: Article

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