Journal
ANALYTICAL AND BIOANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
Volume 399, Issue 6, Pages 2137-2147Publisher
SPRINGER HEIDELBERG
DOI: 10.1007/s00216-010-4230-6
Keywords
Pharmaceutical powders; Particle size distribution; Near-infrared spectroscopy; Flowability properties; Partial least squares 1; Partial least squares 2; Multi-block partial least squares
Funding
- Fundacao para a Ciencia e Tecnologia (FCT), Portugal [SFRH/BD/32614/2006, FCT/CEQUP/GABAI-8/2008]
- Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia [SFRH/BD/32614/2006] Funding Source: FCT
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This work compares the estimation of the particle size distribution of a pharmaceutical powder using near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS), powder flowability properties, and components concentration. The estimations were made by considering the former data blocks separately and together using a multi-block approach. The powders were based on a formulation of paracetamol as the pharmaceutical active ingredient. The reference method used to determine particle size distribution was sieving. Partial least squares methods were used to estimate the multivariate regression models, and the results were compared in terms of figures of merit. It was shown that the partial least squares methods gave similar prediction errors. Regarding the data blocks used, the NIRS block was proven the most advantageous to estimate the particle size distribution. The prediction error of the NIRS block was similar to the other data blocks with additional advantages such as less generalization problems and the possibility of its use to predict additional physical and chemical properties with an improvement to analysis time. The multi-block approach produced the worst results but nevertheless allowed a deeper understanding of the individual contributions of the data blocks in the prediction of the particle size distribution.
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