HPLC Analysis of Antibiotic Drug Ciprofloxacin and Related Impurities on Coresep SB Mixed-Mode Column

Application description

Ciprofloxacin is an antibiotic drug used to treat bacterial infections. It does not treat viral infections like common cold. Ciprofloxacin is the most widely used of the second-generation quinolones. The molecule is hydrophobic and zwitterionic in nature. Carboxylic acid ionization on the molecule can be suppressed by using low pH mobile phase (below 3). Ciprofloxacin and related impurities were separated on Coresep SB mixed-mode column in reversed-phase cation-exclusion modes. Method is fast, robust, reproducible, and can be used for analysis of ciprofloxacin in various matrices (reaction mixtures, formulations, biofluids). Various mobile phases can be used with Coresep SB column to accommodate different detection techniques. UV transparent buffers can be replaced with volatile buffers for MS, ELSD or CAD detection. Core-shell mixed-mode columns provide a great combination of unique selectivity, speed, and efficiency.

Conditions of Experiment
Column: Coresep SB
Separation Modes: reversed-phase and cation-exchange
Column Dimenstions: 3.0 x 100 mm
Mobile Phase: 5% ACN with 0.2% of H3PO4
Detection: UV 215 nm
Sample: 0.3 mg/ml
Injection: 1 uL
Flow rate: 0.6 mL/min
Analytes
Class of compounds: Antibiotic, Aromatic acid, Aromatic base, Drug
Nature of compounds: Basic, Hydrophilic, Hydrophobic, Polar, Zwitterionic
Compounds: Ciprofloxacin, Related Impurities