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METHOD DEVELOPMENT AND VALIDATION OF RP-HPLC
METHOD FOR SIMULTANEOUS ESTIMATION OF RESVERATROL
AND PIPERINE IN COMBINED CAPSULE DOSAGE FORM
Jaldip Jasoliya*, Aashka Jani
Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Saurashtra University, Rajkot Gujarat,
India-360005.
ABSTRACT
A simple, precise, cost effective RP-HPLC method has been developed
and validated for the determination of Resveratrol and Piperine in
pharmaceutical compositions. The chromatographic separation was
achieved on hibarR 250-4, C-18 columns (250mm ×4.6mm,5um) using
a mobile phase consisting of Acetonitrile+water(95+5) : Methanol
(60:40v/v) with pH 4.0 adjusted with Acetic acid at a flow rate of
1ml/min. Detection wavelength was found 305 and 336 nm for
Resveratrol and Piperine respectively. The Retention times of
Resveratrol and Piperine were found 2.808 and 3.508minute
respectively. The method was found to be linear over the range of 10-
50 µg/ml and 1-5 µg/mlwith correlation co-efficient (r2) 0.999 & 0.999
for Resveratrol and Piperine respectively. Percentage recoveries obtained for both the drugs
were 99.49-100.25% and 99.52-100.53% for Resveratrol and Piperine respectively. The
%RSD for precision and accuracy of the method was found to be less than 2%.The method
was validated according to the ICH guidelines with respect to specificity, linearity, accuracy,
precision and robustness. The method developed can be used for the routine analysis of
Resveratrol and Piperine from their combined dosage form.
Key Words: Resveratrol, Piperine, ICH guideline, simultaneous determination, RP-HPLC
method.
INTRODUCTION
The international conference on harmonization (ICH) guide-lines emphasizes that the purity
and assay of drug susceptible to change during storage, must be determined by using
validated methods. In recent year there is interest in the possible role of nutrient in
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Article Received on 10 March 2014, Revised on 05 April 2014,
Accepted on 26 April 2014
*Correspondence for Author
Jaldip Jasoliya
Department of Pharmaceutical
Sciences, Saurashtra
University, Rajkot Gujarat,
India-360005
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prevention of disease.In context of antioxidant, especially derived from natural sources such
as Indian medicinal plant and herbal drugs derived from them require special attention.
Antioxidant have many potential application especially in relation to human health, both in
term of prevention and treatment of disease.
Resveratrol is chemically —3,5,4′-trihydroxystilbene—possesses antioxidant activities in
vitro. It is obtained from Roots of polygonum cuspidatum and Leaves of veratrum
grandiflorum. It dose-dependently inhibited the generation of peroxyl, hydroxyl, peroxides,
and lipid peroxidation products in cell free systems. Oxidative burst of whole human blood
stimulated with PMA, fMLP, OpZ, and A23187 was inhibited in a concentration-dependent
way, indicating suppression of both receptor and nonreceptor activated chemiluminescence
by resveratrol. Results from isolated human neutrophils revealed that resveratrol was active
extracellularly as well as intracellularly in inhibiting the generation of reactive oxygen
species. Resveratrol is useful as Anti-cancer, Anti-diabetic, Anti-inflammatory, Anti-viral,
Cardioprotective effect, Neuroprotective effect etc.., Molecular weight of Resveratrol is
228.4 gm/mol and formula is C14H12O3.
. Piperine is chemically 1-[5-(1,3-Benzodioxol-5-yl)-1-oxo-2,4-pentadienyl] piperidine. It is
obtained from Fruits of piper longum and piper nigrum. When Piperine is added with
Resveratrol, It increaseas its bioavailability and intracellular residency timefound that the
degree of exposure (i.e. AUC) to resveratrol was enhanced to 229% and the maximum serum
concentration (C(max) ) was increased to 1544% with the addition of piperine. it is official in
Indian pharmacopeia 2010. Molecular weight of Piperine is 285.34 gm/mol and formula is
C17H19NO3. Literature Review revels that there was no reported Stability Indicating RP-
HPLC method for Simultaneous Estimation of Resveratrol and Piperine in combined dosage
form [9-13]. So the present work is aimed for To develop an accurate, specific, repeatable
Stability Indicating RP_HPLC method for Simultaneous estimation of Resveratrol and
Piperine in bulk and Pharmaceutical Dosage form.
Fig1:Chemical Structure of Resveratrol Fig2:Chemical Structure of Piperine
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MATERIALS AND METHODS
Experimental Instruments and Apparatus
The chromatography was performed on Shimadzu instrument equipped with PDA detector
and LC Solution software, hibarR 250-4 C-18 columns (250mm ×4.6mm, 5um) was used as
stationary phase. Shimadzu analytical balance and ultra sonicator were used during the
research work.
Reagents and materials
Standard samples of Resveratrol and Piperine were obtained from Sami labs Pvt. Ltd, (
Bangalore).Combination capsule formulation containing Resveratrol200 mg and Piperine 20
mg was procured from Metabolic maintainance. Triple distilled water, Acetonitrile,
Methanol, and 0.45 membrane filters (Millipore) used were of HPLC grade. Acetic Acid used
were AR grade.
Chromatographic Conditions
The mobile phase containingAcetonitrile+water(95+5ml) : Methanol (60:40v/v) with pH 4.0
adjusted with Acetic acidat a flow rate of 1ml/min..Detection wavelength was found305nm
and 336nmrespectively. The Retention times of Resveratrol and Piperine were found 2.805
and 3.505 minutes respectively.
Preparation of working standard
10mg of each of Resveratrol and Piperine were weighed separately and transferred in two
different 100 ml volumetric flasks. Both the drugs were dissolved in 10 ml of Methanol by
ultra sonication and then volume was made up to the mark with Methanol to obtain final
concentration 1000µg/ml of each component. 1ml of stock solution was withdrawn
&transferred in 10 ml volumetric flask and volume was made up with methanol to achieve
100 µg/ml of Resveratrol and 100 µg/ml of Piperine.
Preparation of Sample Solution
Powder of tablet formulation equivalent to 10mg of Resveratrol and 1mg of Piperine were
transferred to a 100ml volumetric flask and volume was made up with methanol. The mixture
was mixed and sonicated for 10 min and made up to the mark with methanol, to get final
concentration of 100µg/ml and 10µg/ml of Resveratrol and Piperine respectively. After that
filter with whatman filter paper to remove unwanted particle. Then the sample solution was
filtered through 0.45µm cellulose acetate filter paper (0.45µm).
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Preparation of Mobile Phase
Methanol was sonicated for 10 min and filter through 0.2µm syringe filter and kept in bottle
B. then 95 ml of Acetonitrile is mixed with 5 ml of Water, then pH was adjusted to 4 with
Acetic Acid filter through 0.2µm syringe filter and kept in bottle A. and these components
were used as mobile phase in 60:40 v/v (A:B) respectively in gradient elution mode.
Calibration curve of standard solution
Calibration curve of Resveratrol and Piperine were plotted over concentration range of 10-
50µg/ml and 1-5 µg/ml respectively. 1, 2, 3,4, 5 ml of stock solution(100µg/ml) of
Resveratrol and 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 ml of stock solution (10µg/ml) of Piperine were transferred in
10ml volumetric flask and volume were made up with methanol up to 10ml. Each solution
was injected in to column to get chromatogram.
Validation of the method
Validation of the optimized RP-HPLC method was carried out with respect to the following
parameters.
Linearity
The linear response of was determined by analyzing six independent levels of the calibration
curve in the range of 10-50 µg/ml for Resveratrol and 1-5 µg/ml for Piperine. Result should
be expressed in terms of Correlation co-efficient.
Precision
A) Repeatability
Precision of method was determined by analyzing 6 different solution of same concentration
at same time and relative standard deviation is shown in table1 .
B) Intra-day precision
Variation of results within same day is called Intra-day precision. The Intra-day precision was
determined by analyzing 3 different solution of concentration 30 µg/ml for Resveratrol and 3
µg/ml for Piperine at variant times of same day on Relative standard deviation (%RSD) is
given in table 2.
C) Inter-day precision
Variation of results among days called Inter-day precision. The Inter-day precision was
determined analyzing 3 different solution of concentration 30 µg/ml for Resveratrol and 3
µg/ml for Piperineat different days (n=3) it is given in table 3.
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Accuracy
The accuracy of the methods was determined by calculating recoveries of Resveratrol and
Piperine by the standard addition method. LOD&LOQ
The limit of detection (LOD) and the limit of quantification (LOQ) of the Resveratrol and
Piperine were calculated using the standard deviation of responses (N) and slopes (S) of
respective calibration curves using signal-to-noise ratio.
LOD = 3.3 × N/SLOQ = 10 × N/S Robustness
The evaluation of robustness should be considered during the development phase and
depends on the type of procedure under study. It should show the reliability of an analysis
with respect to deliberate variations in method parameters. Robustness of method is
determine by change in Saturation Time, Analytical Wavelength & mobile phase composition
there is no change in peak area & shape data show in table 4. Assay of the tablet dosage form
The proposed validated method was successfully applied to determine Resveratrol and
Piperine in capsule dosage form. Three replicates of sample solution (10:1µg/ml of each)
were injected. From the peak area of the Resveratrol and Piperine, amounts of drugs in
samples were computed. %Assay is given in to table 5. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
Table 1 :Data of Repeatability of Resveratrol and Piperine by HPLC(n=6)
Sr.No Concentration(µg/Ml) Area
Resveratrol Piperine Resveratrol Piperine
1 30 3 4892096 609945 2 30 3 4893126 612689 3 30 3 4892259 598402 4 30 3 4900135 608931 5 30 3 4889580 616734 6 30 3 489627 599876
Mean 4893912 607762.8
SD 3734.64 7220.84
% RSD 0.076
1.18
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Table 2: Intraday Precision of Resveratrol and Piperine by HPLC
Table 3: Interday Precision of Resveratrol and Piperine by HPLC
Table 4: Recovery studies of Resveratrol and Piperine
Level of
Recovery Mean of % Recovery
Resveratrol Piperine 80% 99.79 100.073
100% 99.54 99.79 120% 99.32 99.69
Table 5: Assay Results for Tablets Using the Proposed Method
Formulation Amount of Amount of Amount found drug taken (mg) drug found (mg)% (n=3) ±SD
Capsules Resveratrol Piperine Resveratrol Piperine Resveratrol Piperine 1 10 1 10.083±0.035 0.997±0.0561 100.83±0.3511 99.68± 1.1229
Table 6: System suitability parameters by HPLC
S.no System suitability parameters Criteria Results
RESVERATROL PIPERINE 1 Theoretical plates More than 2000 3380.7 4001 2 Resolution More than 2 4.2 3 Tailing factor ≤2 1.701 1.11
Conc. (µg/Ml) Conc. (µg/Ml)
Mean Area ± SD (N=3)% %RSD Mean Area
± SD (N=3)% %RSD
Resveratrol Piperine Resveratrol Resveratrol Piperine Piperine 10 1 1640890±18533 1.134 199106±3612 1.81 30 3 4895087±47423 0.970 597214±6543 1.09 50 5 8190879±73955 0.902 975527±4447 0.45
Conc. (µg/ml)
Conc. (µg/ml)
Mean Area ± SD (n=3)% %RSD Mean Area
± SD (n=3)% %RSD
Resveratrol Piperine Resveratrol Resveratrol Piperine Piperine 10 1 1637450±16537.6 1.09 201106±2072 1.03 30 3 4905087±54823.2 1.11 602267±6822.4 1.13 50 5 8157179±63955.0 0.78 941127±7127.1 0.75
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Table 7: Summary of validation parameter for the proposed method
Parameter RP-HPLC method
RESVERATROL PIPERINE Linearity Range 10-50 µg/ml 1-5 µg/ml
Linearity equation Y=31170X+3786 y=34446X+44477 Correlation co efficient 0.999 0.999 Repeatability (%RSD) 0.076 % 1.18 %
Intraday (%RSD) 0.90-1.13% 0.45-1.81% Interday (%RSD) 0.78-1.11% 0.75-0.1.03%
% Recovery 99.49-100.25% 99.52-100.53% Robustness 0.43-0.97% 0.40-1.09%
Specificity(%RSD) 0.70-0.984% 0.80-1.068% LOD 0.26 µg/ml 0.18µg/ml LOQ 0.78 µg/ml 0.55µg/ml
%Assay 99.48% 100.02%
0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 3.5 4.0 4.5 min
-2.5
-2.0
-1.5
-1.0
-0.5
0.0
0.5
1.0
1.5
2.0
2.5
3.0
3.5mAU
254nm,4nm (1.00)1/
2/
3/
4/
5/ 6/
7/
Fig 3: Chromatogram of Blank Mobile Phase
0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 3.5 4.0 4.5 min
-25
0
25
50
75
100
125
150
175
200
225
250
275mAU
306nm,4nm (1.00)
1/RT2
.779
2/RT3
.710
Fig 4 : Chromatogram of RESVERATROL&PIPERINE Standard Solution(10:1ppm)
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0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 3.5 4.0 4.5 min
-50
0
50
100
150
200
250
300
350
400
450
500
mAU306nm,4nm (1.00)
1/
Fig 5: Chromatogram of RESVERATROL Standard solution (10 PPM)
0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 3.5 4.0 4.5 min-7.5
-5.0
-2.5
0.0
2.5
5.0
7.5
10.0
12.5
15.0
17.5
20.0
22.5
25.0
27.5
30.0
32.5
35.0
37.5
mAU340nm4nm (1.00)
1/
Fig 6: Chromatogram of PIPERINE Standard solution (1 PPM)
3.50 3.75 4.00 min
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
mAU
331nm326nm321nm316nm311nm306nm301nm296nm291nm286nm281nm
Fig 7: Peak purity of Piperine
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2.50 2.75 3.00 min
0
100
200
300
400
mAU
331nm326nm321nm316nm311nm306nm301nm296nm291nm286nm281nm
Fig 8: Peak purity of Resveratrol
0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 3.5 4.0 4.5 min0
100000
200000
300000
400000
500000
600000
700000
800000
900000
1000000
1100000
uV
Fig 9: Chromatogram of Linearity of RESVERATROL and PIPERINE Solution
Fig 10: Calibration graph for the Resveratrol (Peak Area Vs Conc.)
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Fig 11 : Calibration graph for the Piperine (peak area VsConc.)
DISCUSSION
RP-HPLC method was optimized with a view to develop a simple, accurate method for
estimation of drug in pharmaceutical formulation and in bulk drug. UV scanning at 200-450
nm for both Resveratrol and Piperine show that 305 and 335nm is the suitable wavelength for
detection of drugs.(Fig.3) The mobile phase of Acetonitrile+Water (95+5v/v) ph:4 adjustedby
Acetic acid: Methanol(60:40)at a flow rate of 1ml/min was selected because it gave highest
resolution, minimum tailing and Rt values of 2.808 and 3.505 min for RESVERATROLand
PIPERINE respectively (Fig.5). Resveratrol and Piperine both showed linearity in the
concentration range of 10-50 µg/ml (r2 =0.999) & and 1-5µg/ml (r2 =0.999) respectively
(Fig.6). The LOD and LOQ were found to be 0.26 and 0.78 µg/ml and 0.18and 0.55µg/ml,
respectively for Resveratrol and Piperine. Repeatability of measurement of peak area was
determined by six replicate and six time measurement of working standard of Resveratrol and
Piperine and %RSD was found to be 1.61 and 1.13% respectively (Table.1). Intraday & Inter
day Precision was found below 2%. (Table 2&3). Recovery studies of the drugs were carried
out for the accuracy parameter. These studies were carried out at three levels (80%, 100%,
and 120%) by standard addition method. Recovery was found to be 99.49-100.25%% and
99.52-100.53% for Resveratrol and Piperine respectively (Table 4). To confirm the
specificity, The standard solution with varying amount of Lactose was added. There is no
interference of peak Piperine and Resveratrol in presence of Lactose (Excipient) was noticed,
indicating the specificity of the method. The assay values for Resveratrol and Piperine are
presented in (Table 5). The result of dosage form analysis by developed method was
compatible with the labelled amount of each component of tablet. There was no interference
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of excipient for analysis of dosage form.
CONCLUSION
The proposed HPLC method is one of the simple, rapid, reproducible, accurate
andeconomical method for determination of Resveratrol and Piperine in pharmaceutical
formulations simultaneously. This method can reduce the time for routinequality control
analysis of Resveratrol and Piperine in their dosageform.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The authors would like to thank, Sami Labs Pvt. Ltd. Bangalore, India for providing a gift
sample of standard Resveratrol and Piperine. The authors would like to thank to Department
of Pharmaceutical Scinces, Saurashtra University,Rajkot, India for providing necessary
facilities to carry out the work.
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