Comparative Physicochemical Evaluation of Selective Brands of Diclofenac Potassium Tablets Available in Pakistan
Jabbar Abbas
Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, People’s University of Medical and Health Sciences for Women (PUMHSW), Nawabshah, Sindh, Pakistan.
Arslan Ahmer *
Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, People’s University of Medical and Health Sciences for Women (PUMHSW), Nawabshah, Sindh, Pakistan.
Muhammad Yousuf
Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, People’s University of Medical and Health Sciences for Women (PUMHSW), Nawabshah, Sindh, Pakistan.
Shaib Muhammad
Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Sindh, Jamshoro, Sindh, Pakistan.
Durr-e-Shahwar Malik
Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, People’s University of Medical and Health Sciences for Women (PUMHSW), Nawabshah, Sindh, Pakistan.
Sadaf Hayat Laghari
College of Pharmacy, Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences, Jamshoro, Pakistan.
Fahad Jibran Siyal
Institute of Pharmacy, Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto Medical University (SMBBMU) Larkana, Sindh, Pakistan.
Yasmeen Qureshi
Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Sindh, Jamshoro, Sindh, Pakistan.
Hetesh Kumar
College of Pharmacy, Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences, Jamshoro, Pakistan.
Naveed Hussain
Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, People’s University of Medical and Health Sciences for Women (PUMHSW), Nawabshah, Sindh, Pakistan.
Naseem Hyder
Department of Education, Shaheed Benazir Bhutto University, Nawabshah, Shaheed Benazirabad, Pakistan.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
The purpose of present effort was to conduct physiochemical evaluation of miscellaneous commercially available diclofenac potassium 75 mg tablets in the local market of Sindh, Pakistan. Further comparison was made among their different parameters. In study seven brands tagged as RB1 to RB7 were evaluated for diameter, thickness, disintegration time, and assay content and dissolution profile. Obtained results of all brands conformed to the official standard specification for disintegration test, Assay Content. The attained release rate profile during dissolution study revealed that all brands achieved more than 80% in sixty minutes. The spectrophotometric analysis for assay content of all brands was within 90%-110% which in good agreement with specified in the Unites States Pharmacopoeia. In the current study all the assessed products could be regarded as being chemically similar, while no product is found as a false product, these all brands can be used alternatively. The used spectrophotometric evaluation is very simple, reasonable, and easy to adopt for analysis and could be used in routine analysis of diclofenac potassium tablets, particularly in the unavailability of advanced equipment’s just like HPLC, LCMS & GC etc. which is not easily available and accusable in many institutions.
Keywords: Diclofenac potassium, assay content, dissolution studies, commercial brands, spectrophotometric analysis.