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Table 3 Degradation study data for diltiazem hydrochloride tablets

From: A novel stability-indicating method for known and unknown impurities profiling for diltiazem hydrochloride pharmaceutical dosage form (tablets)

Stress condition

% Total

Imp

% Assay

Diltiazem

% Mass

Balance

Purity

Angle

Purity

Threshold

Purity

Flag

0.5 N HCl/80 ℃ in water bath for 2 h

7.21

90.17

97.4

0.070

0.278

No

0.5 N NaOH/80 ℃ in water bath for 2 h

6.88

90.92

97.8

0.068

0.283

No

5% H2O2 for 24 h at room temperature

3.45

97.45

100.9

0.051

0.243

No

Humidity/ (40 °C /75%RH) for 5 days

0.28

99.84

100.1

0.546

2.455

No

Thermal/80 °C/48 h

0.32

99.83

100.2

0.594

2.427

No

Photolytic/250 Wh/m2/1.2 million Lux hours

0.26

99.86

100.1

0.586

2.444

No

  1. Imp., impurity