Microbiological assay for the determination of azithromycin in ophthalmic solutions
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2005-06-01
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The validation of a simple, sensitive and specific agar diffusion bioassay, applying cylinder-plate method, for the determination of the antibiotic azithromycin in ophthalmic solutions is described. Using a strain of Bacillus subtilis ATCC 9372 as the test organism, azithromycin at concentrations ranging from 50.0 to 200.0 μg·mL-1 could be measured in 1.666 7 mg·mL-1 ophthalmic solutions. A prospective validation of the method showed that the method was linear (r = 0.999 9) and precise (RSD = 0.70) and accurate (it measured the added quantities). The results obtained by bioassay method could be statistically calculated by linear parallel model and by means of regression analysis and verified using analysis of variance (ANOVA). We conclude that the microbiological assay is satisfactory for quantification of azithromycin in ophthalmic solutions.
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Azithromycin, Cylinder-plate method, Microbiological assay, Ophthalmic solution, Pharmaceutical dosage form, Quality control, antiinfective agent, azithromycin, eye drops, Bacillus subtilis, chemistry, drug effect, microbiological examination, quality control, Anti-Bacterial Agents, Microbial Sensitivity Tests, Ophthalmic Solutions, Quality Control
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Yaoxue Xuebao, v. 40, n. 6, p. 544-549, 2005.