Journal
DRUG DEVELOPMENT AND INDUSTRIAL PHARMACY
Volume 37, Issue 6, Pages 638-647Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.3109/03639045.2010.534099
Keywords
Amiodarone hydrochloride; thermal analysis; degradation kinetics; characterization
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- FAPES
- CNPq
- FAPEMIG
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Thermogravimetry (TG) and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) are useful techniques that have been successfully applied in the pharmaceutical industry to reveal important information regarding the physicochemical properties of drugs and excipient molecules, such as polymorphism, stability, purity, formulation compatibility, among others. AMI presents a thermal stability of up to 431 K and a fusion onset temperature of 432 K. The drug has proven to be incompatible with magnesium stearate, eskis red pigment, and yellow iron oxide. In the present study, this drug presented degradation upon undergoing basic hydrolysis and oxidation; the degradation product produced under basic hydrolysis is 2-butyl-3-benzofuranyl-3,4-dihydroxy-5-iodophenylketone. Assessing the degradation kinetics, the drug presented a shelf life (t(90)) of 43 years, while a pharmaceutical formulation showed a t(90) of 1.7 years, which is consistent with commonly understood incompatibilities in pharmaceutical formulations.
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