Medicamentul Veterinar (Dec 2016)
MATHEMATICAL MODELING FOR ERYTHROMYCIN POTENCY DETERMINATION OF MASTIKER
Abstract
Mastiker E is an antibacterial suspension for intramammary infusion in cattle mastitis. The active drug is erythromycin, a macrolide antibiotic. The main characteristic of commercial product is erythromycin potency. The potency of erythromycin is estimated by comparing the inhibition of growth of sensitive micro-organisms produced by known concentrations of the antibiotic to be examined and a reference substance. The validation study aims to demonstrate the determination of the potency of erythromycin, it is an appropriate analytical method, reproducible and meets the quality requirements of Mastiker product. The paper establishes the performance characteristics of the method considered and identify the factors that influence these characteristics. The diameters of inhibition zones, directly proportional to the logarithm of the concentration of the antibiotic used for the assay, measured and calculated using statistical methods (Combistats Soft). The assay is designed in such a way that the mathematical model on which the potency equation is based can be proved to be valid. A parallel-line model is chosen. The two log dose response lines of the preparation under examination and the standard preparation are parallel; they are rectilinear over the range of doses used in the calculation. These conditions are verified by validity tests for a given probability (P = 0.05). The test is not valid unless the confidence limits (P = 0.95) are not less than 50% and not more than 200% of the estimated potency. The estimated potency is not less than 95% and not more than 105% of the stated potency. The stated potency is not less than 50.000 IU/g. The validation procedure includes details on protocol working to determine the potency of erythromycin, validation criteria, experimental results, mathematical modeling for determining the potency, inter laboratory comparisons.
