Quetiapine fumarate

The present work was defined to develop area under curve method for antipsychotic drug by UV spectrophotometric analysis which was economical, precise and an accurate method for estimation of Quetiapine fumarate. This method was based on area under curve of UV spectrum between 287 to 297 nm and validated as per ICH guideline Q2 (R1). The linearity in the range was found to be 4-14 μg/ml. The result of correlation coefficient was 0.999. The results of percent relative standard deviation for the intra-day and inter-day precision indicated that method is precise. The values of the recovery studies (99.65 % to 101.04 %) showed good accuracy of the method. LOD and LOQ were calculated as 0.3806 and 1.153μg/ml, respectively. The developed method can be applied for routine estimation of Quetiapine fumarate in bulk and tablet dosage forms.

The present study was carried out in fabricating gastro retentive formulation of an antipsychotic drug using semi synthetic and natural polymers. Floating tablets were prepared by direct compression method using directly compressible microcrystalline cellulose as vehicle. Gum Xanthan and hydroxypropyl methylcellulose (HPMC E4M) were used as polymers for sustaining the drug release and sodium bicarbonate was used as an effervescent agent. Tablets were characterized for their pre compression and post compression parameters. Floating characteristics like floating lag time, floating time were evaluated and were considered as one of the factor for selecting the best formulation. The in vitro release studies were carried out in pH 1.2 buffer for 8hrs. The content uniformity was found to be within the compendial requirements and the release was extended for more than 8hrs. The best fit release kinetics was achieved with zero order followed by higuchi and non-fickian diffusion. The release of Quetiapine fumarate was significantly influenced by the concentration of polymer.