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标题：Determining the Distribution of Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients in Combination Tablets Using Near IR and Low-Frequency Raman Spectroscopy Imaging
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作者：Hiroshi Hisada ; Akira Okayama ; Takuya Hoshino 等
期刊名称：Chemical and Pharmaceutical Bulletin
印刷版ISSN：0009-2363
电子版ISSN：1347-5223
出版年度：2020
卷号：68
期号：2
页码：155-160
DOI：10.1248/cpb.c19-00791
出版社：The Pharmaceutical Society of Japan
摘要：Combination tablets containing multiple active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) are expected to improve patient convenience by decreasing the number of tablets to be taken; thus, numerous formulations containing multiple APIs have recently been developed. To allow for dose adjustments based on patient conditions, many tablets have a bisection line to allow equal division of tablets. However, there have been no investigations regarding content uniformity among divided combination tablets. Therefore, in this study, the content uniformity of combination tablets after division was investigated using near IR and low-frequency (LF) Raman spectroscopy imaging as well as the Japanese Pharmacopoeia (JP) content uniformity tests. As model drugs, five tablets of three combination drugs containing 3-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)-L-alanine (L-DOPA) and benserazide hydrochloride (BNS) as APIs for treating Parkinson’s disease were bisected; the resultant 10 samples were subjected to the JP content uniformity tests. We found that acceptance values of L-DOPA and BNS were 11.0–21.9% and 13.3–17.5%, respectively, with some non-conformity to the maximum allowed acceptance value (15.0%) as per the current JP. Image analyses by near IR showed that L-DOPA, BNS, lactose, and corn starch were uniformly distributed in each tablet; moreover, LF Raman spectroscopy imaging also supported the result that L-DOPA, BNS, and lactose were evenly distributed. Therefore, drug content in the tablets was uniform; thus, careful manipulation was recommended in the tablet bisection. However, the results of bisection line specifications and hardness tests revealed that the ease of division differed depending on the tablets, which warrants attention..
关键词：near IR;low;frequency Raman spectroscopy;imaging analysis;combination tablet;content uniformity