Ultra-High Performance Liquid Chromatography Tandem Mass Spectrometry Method for the Determination of Two Nitrosamine Genotoxic Impurities in Valsartan Formulations
QIAN Jian-qin1,2, LI Cai-xia2, SHEN Qian2, RUAN Hao2*
1. National Clinical Trial Institute,The Children′s Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, National Clinical Research Center for Child Health,Hangzhou 310052, China; 2. Zhejiang Institute for Food and Drug Control, NMPA Key Laboratory for Core Technology Generic Drug Evaluation, Hangzhou 310052, China
Abstract:OBJECTIVE To establish a method for simultaneous determination of two nitrosamine genotoxic impurities, N-nitrosodimethylamine(NMDA) and N-nitrosodiethylamine(NDEA), in valsartan formulations using ultra-high performance liquid chromatography triple quadrupole mass spectrometry(UHPLC-MS/MS). METHODS The separation was performed on an Agilent Zorbax Eclipse Plus C18 column(3.0 mm×150 mm, 1.8 μm) with mobile phase consisting of 0.1% formic acid aqueous solution(A) and methanol(B) by gradient elution at a flow rate of 0.5 mL·min-1, and the column oven temperature was maintained at 40 ℃. Multiple reaction monitoring(MRM) was conducted in positive ion mode using atmospheric pressure chemical ionization(APCI) interface. The optimal voltages, currents, and gas flows were chosen to provide the best sensitivity and specificity for each MRM ion pair. Mass transitions m/z 75.0→58.1 and m/z 75.0→43.0 were set as quantitative and qualitative ion pairs for NDMA, and mass transitions m/z 103.0→75.0 and m/z 103.0→47.0 were set as quantitative and qualitative ion pairs for NDEA. RESULTS The calibration curves had good linearity within the ranges of 0.3-50 ng·mL-1 and 0.06-10 ng·mL-1 for NDMA and NDEA, respectively. The limits of quantitation(LOQ) of NDMA and NDEA were 0.03 μg·g-1 and 0.006 μg·g-1, respectively. The recovery of NDMA was within the range of 92.3%-111.7%(RSD<5.0%), and the recovery of NDEA was between 90.6% and 106.0%(RSD<5.0%). The specificity and precision of the method were also validated. One hundred and two batches of valsartan capsules and 52 batches of valsartan dispersible tablets were analyzed by this method, and the amounts of NDMA and NDEA were all no more than the LOQ values. Therefore, all the samples met the limit requirement. CONCLUSION The established method is simple, rapid, accurate, sensitive and specific for limit test and quantitative analysis of NDMA and NDEA in valsartan formulations.
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QIAN Jian-qin, LI Cai-xia, SHEN Qian, RUAN Hao. Ultra-High Performance Liquid Chromatography Tandem Mass Spectrometry Method for the Determination of Two Nitrosamine Genotoxic Impurities in Valsartan Formulations. Chinese Pharmaceutical Journal, 2022, 57(16): 1387-1394.
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