An eco-friendly liquid chromatographic analysis of the triple therapy protocol of amoxicillin, metronidazole and vonoprazan for H. Pylori eradication: application to combined dosage forms and simulated gastric fluid

Abstract

Abstract Helicobacter pylori has a big sway when peptic ulcers are concerned. For its eradication, different protocols have been approved. Among which, the tripartite therapy protocol which embraces vonoprazan as potassium competitive acid blocker in combination with amoxicillin and metronidazole as antibiotics. An environmentally benign HPLC method is addressed in order to simultaneously determine amoxicillin (AMX), metronidazole (MET) and vonoprazan (VPZ) in bulk powder and combined tablet mixture. Full separation of AMX, MET and VPZ is accomplished using C8 column, and a gradient mobile phase system, composed of methanol and phosphate buffer of a pH value of 5. Fine linearity in the concentration ranges 50–600 µg mL−1 amoxicillin, 50–400 µg mL−1 metronidazole and 10–100 µg mL−1 vonoprazan was denoted by the high correlation coefficient (0.9999). The method accuracy and precision are confirmed upon analyzing AMX, MET and VPZ triple therapy not only in their synthetic mixtures and combined tablet mixtures but also in their combined tablet mixtures in simulated gastric fluid. AMX, MET and VPZ triple therapy could be routinely analyzed in QC labs, in case of being co-formulated, using the presented method. Three different assessment tools were adopted revealing the benign environmental impact of presented method.

Keywords

• Amoxicillin
• Metronidazole
• Vonoprazan
• HPLC- DAD
• Simulated gastric fluid