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Polyquaternium-1

Posted: Fri Jul 12, 2013 3:55 pm
by stdev
Dear everyone,

I have been trying to determine polyquaternium-1 in pharmaceuticals in a 5 ug/ml level for several months now. I have tried HPLC-UV, HPLC-MS and spectrophotometry and nothing seems to work.

Could someone offer some help please?

Re: Polyquaternium-1

Posted: Fri Jul 12, 2013 8:53 pm
by MestizoJoe
deleted my response (the younger me was way off)

Re: Polyquaternium-1

Posted: Fri Jul 12, 2013 11:35 pm
by Consumer Products Guy
Dear everyone,

I have been trying to determine polyquaternium-1 in pharmaceuticals in a 5 ug/ml level for several months now. I have tried HPLC-UV, HPLC-MS and spectrophotometry and nothing seems to work.

Could someone offer some help please?

Are you close to retirement? Because I see this as a project that could take more than a lifetime.

Re: Polyquaternium-1

Posted: Tue Jul 16, 2013 7:43 pm
by LCFan
On http://www.faqs.org/patents/app/20120283353, I found HPLC conditions for the PQ-1 analytics in contact lenses. Might be this is a start point:

The HPLC is calibrated using a series of standard PQ1 solutions prepared having the following concentrations: 2, 4, 6, 8, 12 and 15 μg/mL. Lenses were placed into polypropylene contact lens case with 3 mL of Optifree Replenish (which contains 0.001 wt % PQ1, 0.56% citrate dihydrate and 0.021% citric acid monohydrate (wt/wt)) and is commercially available from Alcon). A control lens case, containing 3 mL of solution, but no contact lens was also prepared. The lenses and control solutions were allowed to sit at room temperature for 72 hours. 1 ml of solution was removed from each of the samples and controls and mixed with trifluoroacetic acid (10 μL). The analysis was conducted using HPLC/ELSD and a Phenomenex Luna C4 (4.6 mm×5 mm; 5 μm particle size) column and the following conditions:

[0139] Instrument: Agilent 1200 HPLC or Equivalent with Sedere Sedex 85 ELSD

Sedex 85 ELSD: T=60° C., Gain=10, Pressure=3.4 bar, Filter=1 s

Mobile Phase A: H2O (0.1% TFA)

Mobile Phase B: Acetonitrile (0.1% TFA)

Column Temperature: 40° C.

Injection Volume: 100 μL

TABLE-US-00001 [0140] TABLE I HPLC Conditions. Time (minutes) % A % B Flow Rate (mL/min) 0.00 100 0 1.2 1.00 100 0 1.2 5.00 0 100 1.2 8.50 0 100 1.2 8.60 100 0 1.2 12.00 100 0 1.2