Table 4 Comparison of the proposed method and reported methods for determination of BNX HCl and FLR sodium.

From: Quality by design paradigm for optimization of green stability indicating HPLC method for concomitant determination of fluorescein and benoxinate

 

Reported method[22]

Reported method[23]

Proposed method

Stationary phase

Inertsil ODS (250 mm × 4.6 mm, 5 μm) column

4 mm × 30 cm column that contains packing L1

Eclipse plus C18 (100 mm × 4.6 mm × 3.5 μm) column

Mobile phase

Acetonitrile and 50 mM potassium dihydrogen phosphate buffer containing 0.01% triethylamine (pH adjusted to 5.0) in a ratio 40:60 v/v

Sodium 1-pentanesulfonate dissolved in glacial acetic acid (40%) and acetonitrile containing triethanolamine (60%) and pH is adjusted to 3.0 with phosphoric acid

Mixture of 27% (v/v) isopropanol and 73% (v/v) 20 mM potassium dihydrogen phosphate buffer (pH adjusted to 3.0)

Run time

8 min

19 min

4 min

Detection wavelength

220 nm

254 nm

220 nm

Linearity range (µg/mL)

4.0–80.0 for BNX

1.0–50.0 for FLR

NA

2.5–60.0 for BNX

1.0–50.0 for FLR

Analytical eco-scale score

81

81

90