CYCLODEXTRIN BONDED PHASE FOR LIQUID-CHROMATOGRAPHIC SEPARATION AND ANALYSIS OF SOME ORAL-CONTRACEPTIVES

A specific and sensitive analytical HPLC procedure was described for quantitative determination of ethinylestradiol and norethisterone acetate (Anovlar 1) and ethinylestradiol and norgestrel (Primovlar) in tablet formulation. These steroids were extracted from the tablets with methanol. The steroids were then determined with high performance liquid Chromatograph-Cyclobond 1 column using mobile phase phosphate buffer pH 7.0 : methanol (60 : 40), flow rate 0.5 ml min-1 and the detection was effected spectrophotometrically at 280 nm, using variable wavelength UV detector. There was > 99.3% recovery from synthetic mixtures and the coefficient of variation was < 2.0% for the formulations investigated. The method is highly quantitative and reproducible.