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Table 4 Results of system suitability study

From: Determination of residual solvents in paclitaxel by headspace gas chromatography

Solvent name

Retention time

Percentage RSD for area count of six replicate injection of standard

Tailing factor

Theoretical plates

Resolution

Methanol

4.93

2.5

1.0

58451

NA

Ethanol

6.65

1.6

1.1

78485

10.3

Acetone

7.77

1.4

1.2

95214

5.8

Isopropyl alcohol

8.25

2.0

1.0

32548

2.2

Dichloromethane

9.21

3.2

1.4

12547

4.2

N-Hexane

11.31

3.4

1.3

78987

8.0

Ethyl acetate

13.79

1.7

1.1

65848

12.0

Tetrahydrofuran

14.12

2.8

1.0

97845

2.9

DIPEA

17.45

3.5

1.2

98751

32.1

Acceptance Criteria

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NMT 15.0

NMT 2.0

NLT 2000

NLT 1.5