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ArticleActa pharmaceutica Sinica. B2014

Characterization of impurities in cefpodoxime proxetil using LC-MS (n).

Jin Li, Dousheng Zhang, Changqin Hu

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Article in Acta pharmaceutica Sinica. B, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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3 authors.

Jin LiNational Institutes for Food and Drug Control, Beijing 100050, China.
Dousheng ZhangNational Institutes for Food and Drug Control, Beijing 100050, China.
Changqin HuNational Institutes for Food and Drug Control, Beijing 100050, China.

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Abstract

Reversed-phase liquid chromatography coupled with electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometry (ESI-MS/MS) was used to characterize impurities in cefpodoxime proxetil, an ester-modified prodrug. Based on the mechanisms by which cephalosporins are degraded, stress tests were designed and performed. The bulk material and capsule were eluted through a C18 column with formic acid-methanol-water as the mobile phase. In total, 15 impurities were characterized in commercial samples, including 7 known impurities and 8 new impurities. The structures of these unknown compounds were deduced via comparison with the fragmentation patterns of cefpodoxime proxetil. Data from this systematic study will help improve the safety and quality of cefpodoxime proxetil.

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Cefpodoxime proxetilCephalosporinsImpuritiesLC–MSStructure identification

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PMID26579402
PMCPMC4629086

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