Identification
Powder a number of Tablets,equivalent to about 25mg of triamcinolone,and digest with 25mLof acetone for 15minutes.Filter through a fine-porosity,sintered-glass filtering funnel into about 100mLof solvent hexane,swirl the liquid,and allow to stand for 30minutes.Collect the crystals that form,wash the crystals with three 10-mLportions of water followed by 2mLof acetone,and dry at 60

for 1hour:the dried crystals so obtained respond to
Identificationtest
Aunder
Triamcinolone.
Dissolution á711ñ
Medium:
0.01Nhydrochloric acid;900mL.
Apparatus 1:
100rpm.
Time:
45minutes.
Procedure
Determine the amount of C
21H
27FO
6dissolved by employing UVabsorption at the wavelength of maximum absorbance at about 238nm on filtered portions of the solution under test,suitably diluted with
Dissolution Medium,in comparison with a Standard solution having a known concentration of
USP Triamcinolone RSin the same
Medium.
Tolerances
Not less than 75%(Q)of the labeled amount of C21H27FO6is dissolved in 45minutes.
Assay
Mobile phase
,Internal standard solution,Standard preparation,and Chromatographic systemPrepare as directed in the Assayunder Triamcinolone.
Assay preparation
Weigh and finely powder not less than 20Tablets.Transfer an accurately weighed portion of the powder,equivalent to about 10mg of triamcinolone,to a suitable container.Add 50.0mLof Internal standard solution,and shake vigorously by mechanical means for 10minutes.Centrifuge for 10minutes or until a clear supernatant is obtained.
Procedure
Proceed as directed for
Procedurein the
Assayunder
Triamcinolone.The relative retention times are about 1.0for triamcinolone and 1.9for hydrocortisone.Calculate the quantity,in mg,of C
21H
27FO
6in the portion of Tablets taken by the formula:
50C(RU/RS),
in which the terms are as defined therein.