Table 6 A comparison between the proposed and the reported methods.

From: Green HPLC-Fluorescence detection method for concurrent analysis of Tamsulosin hydrochloride and Tolterodine tartrate in dosage forms and biological fluids

Method

Linear range (µg mL−1)

Mobile phase/ Solvent

LOD (µg mL−1)

LOQ (µg mL−1)

Application

Greenness evaluation

TAM

TTD

TAM

TTD

TAM

TTD

Spectrophotometry 20

5.0–25.0

10.0–50.0

methanol

N.A.

N.A.

N.A.

N.A.

dosage form

N.A.

Spectrofluorimetry 21

0.75–3.50

2.5–20.0

double distilled water

0.17

0.68

0.52

2.04

dosage form

N.A.

HPLC-UV 22

0.2–0.6

2.0–6.0

Acetonitrile: 20mM ammonium acetate buffer (pH 7.8) (60: 40, v/v)

0.004

0.004

0.013

0.011

dosage form

N.A.

HPLC-UV 23

2.0–6.0

20.0–60.0

phosphate buffer (pH 4.0): Methanol (60:40, v/v)

0.89

2.92

2.70

8.84

dosage form/

Stability indicating assay

N.A.

HPTLC 24

16.0–64.0

160.0–640.0

methanol: ethyl acetate: triethylamine in the ratio (5:5:0.3, v/v/v)

4.42

7.48

14.78

24.95

dosage form

N.A.

HPTLC 25

10.0–70.0

40.0–400.0

ethyl acetate: methanol: ammonia (6:4:0.05, v/v/v)

3.0

12.0

10.0

40.0

dosage form

N.A.

HPTLC 26

2.0–40.0

20.0–180.0

ethyl acetate: n-hexane: diethylamine (9:3:1, v/v/v)

0.52

4.38

1.6

13.3

dosage form/

Stability indicating assay

N.A.

Proposed method

0.1–1.5

1.0–15.0

acetonitrile, water, and phosphate buffer (10 mM, pH 3.0) in a gradient elution

0.03

0.30

0.10

0.92

dosage form/ spiked plasma and urine

Applied to GAPI and AGREE

  1. * N.A (not applicable).