Disclosure of Invention
Aiming at the defects of the prior art, the invention provides a method for detecting tacrolimus ointment related substances, wherein supercritical fluid is adopted for extracting the tacrolimus related substances in the pretreatment of a sample, and the problems of incomplete extraction and over-complicated steps of the tacrolimus ointment related substances in the prior art are mainly solved.
The technical scheme of the invention is realized as follows:
a method for detecting substances related to tacrolimus ointment comprises the steps of pretreating a sample and detecting the substances related to tacrolimus, wherein supercritical fluid is adopted for extracting the substances related to tacrolimus in the pretreatment of the sample;
the supercritical fluid extraction conditions are as follows: the supercritical fluid is carbon dioxide, the extraction temperature is 60-65 ℃, the extraction pressure is 20-35 MPa, the extraction time is 45-60 min, and the flow rate of the carbon dioxide is 0.1-0.8L/min.
Preferably, the conditions of the supercritical fluid extraction are: the supercritical fluid is carbon dioxide, the extraction temperature is 60-65 ℃, the extraction pressure is 25-30 MPa, the extraction time is 60min, and the flow rate of the carbon dioxide is 0.6-0.8L/min.
Wherein the pretreatment of the sample comprises the following specific steps:
taking a tacrolimus ointment sample, dissolving the tacrolimus ointment sample in a water bath at 60-65 ℃ by using an n-hexane solvent, spraying the tacrolimus ointment sample into an extraction kettle at the pressure of 20-35 MPa, simultaneously introducing a carbon dioxide fluid for extraction, allowing components which are easily soluble in carbon dioxide and n-hexane to flow into a separation kettle from the top of the extraction kettle, allowing components which are not easily soluble in carbon dioxide and n-hexane to remain in the extraction kettle, and after continuous circulating extraction is finished, taking the components remaining in the extraction kettle to dissolve by using an n-hexane-n-butylchloride-acetonitrile solvent, namely: a test solution.
The content of tacrolimus in the tacrolimus ointment is 0.1 percent w/w, and the matrix is propylene carbonate, white vaseline, mineral oil, white wax and paraffin. During the pretreatment of the sample, the components which are not easy to dissolve in the carbon dioxide and the normal hexane comprise tacrolimus and propylene carbonate and remain in the extraction kettle, and the components which are easy to dissolve in the carbon dioxide and the normal hexane comprise white vaseline, mineral oil, white wax and paraffin wax and flow into the separation kettle from the top of the extraction kettle, so that the tacrolimus related substances are completely separated.
The volume ratio of the n-hexane-n-butyl chloride-acetonitrile is 1.
The detection of the tacrolimus related substances adopts a determination method of related substances published in the registration standard (standard number: JX 20130245) of imported drug tacrolimus ointment published by the State drug administration.
According to the detection method for the tacrolimus ointment related substances, the supercritical fluid is adopted for extracting the tacrolimus related substances in the pretreatment of the sample, the extraction is complete, the steps are simple, the tacrolimus related substances can be effectively extracted, the content of the tacrolimus ointment related substances is further accurately monitored, and the method plays an important role in the quality research of the tacrolimus ointment.
Detailed Description
The content of the tacrolimus in the tacrolimus ointment is 0.1 percent w/w, and the matrix is propylene carbonate, white vaseline, mineral oil, white wax and paraffin. Tacrolimus, propylene carbonate, white vaseline, mineral oil, white wax and paraffin used in the self-made tacrolimus ointment can be purchased and obtained from manufacturers published on the official website of CDE. The reference formulation used was tacrolimus ointment manufactured by anstelan pharmaceuticals (china) limited.
The formula of the tacrolimus ointment comprises the following components: tacrolimus 0.1% w/w, propylene carbonate 0.4g, white vaseline 10g, mineral oil 1.5g, white wax 1.5g, paraffin 1.5g.
Example 1
A method for detecting substances related to tacrolimus ointment comprises the following specific steps:
(1) Pretreatment of samples
Taking 10g of tacrolimus ointment sample, dissolving the tacrolimus ointment sample in a water bath at 60 ℃ by using an n-hexane solvent, spraying the tacrolimus ointment sample into an extraction kettle at the pressure of 25MPa, simultaneously introducing a carbon dioxide fluid with the flow rate of 0.7L/min for extraction for 60min, introducing a carbon dioxide fluid at the extraction temperature of 60 ℃, allowing components which are easily dissolved in carbon dioxide and n-hexane to flow into a separation kettle from the top of the extraction kettle, allowing components which are not easily dissolved in the carbon dioxide and the n-hexane to remain in the extraction kettle, and dissolving the components which remain in the extraction kettle by using 15mL of an n-hexane-n-butyl chloride-acetonitrile (volume ratio of 1: 1) solvent after continuous cyclic extraction is completed, namely: the test solution can be stored at room temperature for 12 hours.
(2) Detection of tacrolimus ointment related substances
The detection of the related substances adopts the determination method of the related substances published in the registration standard (standard number: JX 20130245) of imported drug tacrolimus ointment published by the State drug administration.
Precisely measuring 20 μ L of the sample solution and n-hexane-n-butylchloride-acetonitrile (volume ratio of 1: 1) solvent, respectively, injecting into a liquid chromatograph, and recording chromatogram until retention time of main component peak is 3 times. If an impurity peak exists in a chromatogram of a test solution, the impurity peak with the impurity content less than 0.1 percent can be ignored, and auxiliary material peaks before RRT =0.25 and about RRT =0.36 are deducted according to the calculation of an area normalization method. The isomer II and the isomer I are not counted into related substances, and among known impurities, the impurity XV (OD-1) cannot exceed 2.5 percent, and the rest of any single known impurity cannot exceed 1.0 percent; any single unknown impurity should not exceed 0.6%; the total impurities are not more than 5.0%.
Example 2
A method for detecting substances related to tacrolimus ointment comprises the following specific steps:
(1) Pretreatment of samples
Taking 10g of tacrolimus ointment sample, dissolving the tacrolimus ointment sample in a water bath at 65 ℃ by using an n-hexane solvent, spraying the tacrolimus ointment sample into an extraction kettle at the pressure of 30MPa, simultaneously introducing a carbon dioxide fluid with the flow rate of 0.6L/min for extraction for 45min, introducing a carbon dioxide fluid at the extraction temperature of 65 ℃, allowing components which are soluble in carbon dioxide and n-hexane to flow into a separation kettle from the top of the extraction kettle, allowing components which are not soluble in carbon dioxide and n-hexane to remain in the extraction kettle, and after continuous cyclic extraction is completed, taking the components remaining in the extraction kettle to be dissolved by using 15mL of the n-hexane-n-butylchloride-acetonitrile (volume ratio of 1: 1), namely: the test solution can be stored at room temperature for 12 hours.
(2) Detection of tacrolimus ointment related substances
The detection of the related substances adopts the determination method of the related substances published in the registration standard (standard number: JX 20130245) of imported drug tacrolimus ointment published by the State drug administration.
Precisely measuring 20 μ L of the sample solution and n-hexane-n-butylchloride-acetonitrile (volume ratio of 1: 1) solvent, respectively, injecting into a liquid chromatograph, and recording chromatogram until the retention time of main component peak is 3 times. If an impurity peak exists in a chromatogram of a test solution, the impurity peak with the impurity content of less than 0.1 percent can be ignored, and auxiliary material peaks before RRT =0.25 and around RRT =0.36 are deducted according to the calculation of an area normalization method. The isomer II and the isomer I are not counted into related substances, and among known impurities, the impurity XV (OD-1) cannot exceed 2.5 percent, and the rest of any single known impurity cannot exceed 1.0 percent; any single unknown impurity must not exceed 0.6%; the total impurities can not exceed 5.0 percent.
Example 3
A method for detecting substances related to tacrolimus ointment comprises the following specific steps:
(1) Pretreatment of samples
Taking 10g of tacrolimus ointment sample, dissolving the tacrolimus ointment sample in a water bath at 62 ℃ by using an n-hexane solvent, spraying the tacrolimus ointment sample into an extraction kettle at the pressure of 20MPa, simultaneously introducing a carbon dioxide fluid with the flow rate of 0.8L/min for extraction for 50min, introducing a carbon dioxide fluid at the extraction temperature of 62 ℃, allowing components which are easily dissolved in carbon dioxide and n-hexane to flow into a separation kettle from the top of the extraction kettle, allowing components which are not easily dissolved in carbon dioxide and n-hexane to remain in the extraction kettle, and dissolving the components remaining in the extraction kettle by using 15mL of the n-hexane-n-butylchloride-acetonitrile (volume ratio of 1: 1) solvent after continuous circulation extraction is completed, namely: the test solution can be stored at room temperature for 12 hours.
(2) Detection of tacrolimus ointment related substances
The detection of the related substances adopts the determination method of the related substances published in the registration standard (standard number: JX 20130245) of imported drug tacrolimus ointment published by the State drug administration.
Precisely measuring 20 μ L of the sample solution and n-hexane-n-butylchloride-acetonitrile (volume ratio of 1: 1) solvent, respectively, injecting into a liquid chromatograph, and recording chromatogram until the retention time of main component peak is 3 times. If an impurity peak exists in a chromatogram of a test solution, the impurity peak with the impurity content less than 0.1 percent can be ignored, and auxiliary material peaks before RRT =0.25 and about RRT =0.36 are deducted according to the calculation of an area normalization method. The isomer II and the isomer I are not counted into related substances, and among known impurities, the impurity XV (OD-1) cannot exceed 2.5 percent, and the rest of any single known impurity cannot exceed 1.0 percent; any single unknown impurity must not exceed 0.6%; the total impurities are not more than 5.0%.
Example 4
A method for detecting substances related to tacrolimus ointment comprises the following specific steps:
(1) Pretreatment of samples
Taking 10g of tacrolimus ointment sample, dissolving the tacrolimus ointment sample in a water bath at 60 ℃ by using an n-hexane solvent, spraying the tacrolimus ointment sample into an extraction kettle at the pressure of 20MPa, simultaneously introducing a carbon dioxide fluid with the flow rate of 0.8L/min for extraction for 60min, introducing a carbon dioxide fluid at the extraction temperature of 60 ℃, allowing components which are soluble in carbon dioxide and n-hexane to flow into a separation kettle from the top of the extraction kettle, allowing components which are not soluble in carbon dioxide and n-hexane to remain in the extraction kettle, and after continuous cyclic extraction is completed, taking the components remaining in the extraction kettle to be dissolved by using 15mL of the n-hexane-n-butylchloride-acetonitrile (volume ratio of 1: 1), namely: the test solution can be stored for 12 hours at room temperature.
(2) Detection of tacrolimus ointment related substances
The detection of the related substances adopts the determination method of the related substances published in the registration standard (standard number: JX 20130245) of imported drug tacrolimus ointment published by the State drug administration.
Precisely measuring 20 μ L of the sample solution and n-hexane-n-butylchloride-acetonitrile (volume ratio of 1: 1) solvent, respectively, injecting into a liquid chromatograph, and recording chromatogram until the retention time of main component peak is 3 times. If an impurity peak exists in a chromatogram of a test solution, the impurity peak with the impurity content less than 0.1 percent can be ignored, and auxiliary material peaks before RRT =0.25 and about RRT =0.36 are deducted according to the calculation of an area normalization method. The isomer II and the isomer I are not counted into related substances, and among known impurities, the impurity XV (OD-1) cannot exceed 2.5 percent, and the rest of any single known impurity cannot exceed 1.0 percent; any single unknown impurity should not exceed 0.6%; the total impurities are not more than 5.0%.
TABLE 1 Tacrolimus related substances relative retention time table
Related substances
|
Relative retention time
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Related substance VIII
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0.61-0.65
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Related substance IX
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0.69-0.74
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Related substance XV (OD-1)
|
0.75-0.79
|
Related substance XI
|
0.82-0.87
|
Unknown substance A
|
0.91-0.97
|
Tacrolimus
|
1.00
|
Isomer II
|
1.09-1.19
|
Isomer I
|
1.43-1.57
|
Related substance VI
|
1.87-1.95 |
TABLE 2 HPLC spectrogram peak results of tacrolimus-related substances of the present invention
With reference to the accompanying drawings 1-6, the blank auxiliary peak is deducted, and table 2 shows the relative retention time table of tacrolimus related substances (table 1) published in the registration standard of tacrolimus ointment (standard number: JX 20130245) as an imported drug published by the national drug administration: peak 1, peak 2, peak 3 and Peak 4 are related substance XV (OD-1), unknown substance, tacrolimus and isomer II, respectively.
From page 6 of the tacrolimus ointment 0.1% if file (japanese standard classification of commodities No. 872699 revised 7 months in 2018 (19 th edition)): the thermal decomposition of tacrolimus may produce related substance IX, related substance XI and related substance XV. The tacrolimus bulk drug adopted in the tacrolimus ointment is subjected to high-temperature damage to obtain a related mass spectrogram diagram 7, which shows a molecular ion peak [ M [ ] + NH 4 ]821.51580, consistent with the molecular weight of the related substance XV.
Stability testing of the test article solutions described in example 1:
after the sample solution prepared in the step (1) in the example 1 is placed at room temperature for 0h, 1h, 3h, 6h, 9h and 12h, samples are respectively injected according to the step (2), the stability of the sample solution is observed according to HPLC spectrograms in the steps 8-13, the observation result is shown in Table 3, the sum of the peak area and the main peak area is calculated, and the test result shows that the content measurement result of the tacrolimus ointment related substances is not changed greatly compared with 0 hour after the sample solution is placed at room temperature for 12 hours, which indicates that the stability of the sample solution is good within 12 hours.
Table 3 results of stability test of the test solutions described in example 1