Development and validation of RP-HPLC-UV method for the determination of Glipizide in human plasma

A simple, sensitive and selective HPLC method with UV detection for determination of Glipizide in human plasma was developed. Liquideliquid extraction method was used to extract the drug from the plasma samples. Chromatographic separation of Glipizide was achieved using C₁₈ column (ZORBAX ODS 4.6 x 150 mm). The mobile phase was comprised of 0.01 M potassium dihydrogen phosphate and acetonitrile (65:35, v/v) adjusted to pH 4.25 with glacial acetic acid. The analysis was run at a flow rate of 1.5 mL/min with an injection volume was 20 µL. The detector was operated at 275 nm. The calibration curve was linear over a concentration range of 50-1600 µg/mL. Intra-day and inter-day precision and accuracy values were below 15%. The limit of quantification was 50 ng/mL and the mean recovery was above 98%. Freeze-thaw, short-term, long-term and post-preparative stability studies showed that Glipizide in plasma sample was stable. The method may be successfully applied to analyze the Glipizide concentration in plasma samples for bioavailability and bioequivalence studies.

Key words: Glipizide, Precision, Accuracy.