The present study describes a rapid and effective capillary electrophoresis (CE) method for the enantioseparation of pindolol using single-isomer octa(6-O-sulfo)-γ-cyclodextrin. The complexation parameters were determined under neutral and high pH conditions to identify optimal separation conditions using a theoretical model. Baseline separation of pindolol enantiomers was achieved within 6 min in a sodium/MOPS buffer, pH 7.2, with a selector concentration of 6 mM. The method was validated according to the ICH guidelines using imidazole as an internal standard. Low limits of detection and quantification were found, specifically 1.2 μg/mL and 4 μg/mL (0.6 μg/mL and 2 μg/mL per enantiomer), respectively. The calibration curves showed good linearity, with a coefficient of determination R2 ≥ 0.999 over a 5 - 55 μg/mL concentration range and over a 50 - 300 μg/mL concentration range of the racemic mixture. The relative standard deviations (%RSD) of intra-day and inter-day precision were lower than 8% at LOQ level, lower than 3% at 50 μg/mL level and lower than 1.5% at 300 μg/mL level. Accuracy ranged from 95 to 103% (106% at LOQ level). The proposed method was successfully tested on a medical formulation of Visken® Sandoz intravenous solution and Visken® Teofarma pills for oral use.
Keywords: Capillary electrophoresis; Enantioseparation; Method validation; Pindolol; Single-isomer cyclodextrin; β-blockers.
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