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Development of the stability-indicating method, structural elucidation of new photodegradation products from terconazole by LC-MS TOF, and in vitro toxicity

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DOI: 10.1016/j.jpba.2022.114794

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Stability; Degradation product; Decomposition kinetics; Ocular toxicity

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  1. Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (CAPES) [001]
  2. Research Support Foundation of Minas Gerais (FAPEMIG) [APQ-0855-19]
  3. National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq) [315189/2018-5]

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This study systematically investigated the photostability of TCZ, revealing extensive degradation in solution and identifying four degradation products. The degradation process follows first-order kinetics, with the potential to cause ocular toxicity identified through product characterization.
Terconazole (TCZ) was the first triazole antifungal drug launched in the market and has been used in the treatment of vulvovaginal candidiasis. It is also indicated to treat dermatophytosis and fungal ocular infections. However, some of the degradation products from triazole drugs have been reported to be toxic, justifying the need of further investigations about the stability of TCZ. identification of its degradation products and evaluation of their toxicity considering the new possibilities of therapeutic indications. Therefore, in this work a systematic investigation regarding photostability of TCZ was conducted. The active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) and its methanolic solution (100 mu g mL(-1)) were kept into a photostability chamber under a UV light (200 Wh/m(2); 1.2 x 106 lux/h) during 5 days and 90 min, respectively. A high-efficiency liquid chromatography method was developed for separation and identification of TCZ and its degradation products. The solid-state API remained stable throughout the test, whereas an extensive degradation was observed when in solution. In this case, four degradation products not yet reported in the literature were identified and characterized by electrospray ionization high-resolution quadrupole time-of-flight mass spectrometry (ESI-QTOF-MS). Two degradation products presented m/z of 498 and the other two of 496 and 464, respectively. The results suggest that the degradation follows a first-order kinetic and involves the loss of chlorine atoms from the 2,4-dichlrophenyl moiety. Finally, TCZ submitted to the same stress condition as the API solution, increased significantly the opacity during the bovine corneal opacity and permeability test method (BCOP) indicating a potential to cause ocular toxicity. Further studies using the pure photolysis degradation products of TCZ characterized in this work are still necessary to confirm this find.

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