Abstract
Objective: The aim of this study was to develop a new, simple, rapid and sensitive HPLC-DAD method for the separation and simultaneous analysis of ciprofloxacin, levofloxacin, enrofloxacin and moxifloxacin from different generation of fluoroquinolones.
Material and Method: In the literature, there are various methods for the separation, analysis and quantification of fluoroquinolones alone or in binary mixtures in active substance. In this study, it was aimed to develop a new HPLC-DAD method that would provide the most effective separation for ciprofloxacin, ofloxacin, enrofloxacin and moxifloxacin. Different acidic and basic mobile phases, buffer solutions and separation types were tested. The most efficient and selective method XTerra, C18 (100 x 4.6 mm, particle size 3.5 µm) analytical column and mobile phase containing methanol:borate buffer (pH=9.1, 100 mM) were used for gradient elution at a flow rate of 0.6 ml/min. In general, fluorescent detector was used in the analysis of fluoroquinolones by chromatographic techniques. In our study, separation was achieved by using DAD detector at 280 nm and simultaneous determinations of ciprofloxacin, levofloxacin, enrofloxacin and moxifloxacin were performed. The calibration curves were linear in the concentration range of 0.5-10 µg/ml for each of the fluoroquinolones studied. Validation studies were also performed for the developed method.
Result and Discussion: A simple, rapid, sensitive and validated HPLC-DAD method allowing simultaneous determination of ciprofloxacin, levofloxacin, enrofloxacin and moxifloxacin was developed.