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  • Title: Assay of the synthetic estrogen fosfestrol in pharmaceutical formulations using capillary electrophoresis.
    Author: G Themelis D, Trellopoulos AV, Tzanavaras PD, Karlberg B.
    Journal: J Pharm Biomed Anal; 2005 Sep 15; 39(3-4):559-63. PubMed ID: 15953702.
    Abstract:
    This study reports--for the first time--a capillary electrophoretic method for the determination of fosfestrol, a synthetic estrogen used in the treatment of metastatic prostate cancer. The effects of the carrier ion concentration, injected volume and applied voltage were studied and optimized. A 10 mM sodium tetraborate solution was selected as the carrier electrolyte solution, while the sample was injected hydrodynamically by applying a 20 mmHg vacuum for 1 s. The driving voltage was 30 kV and the absorbance of the analyte (peak height) was monitored at 240 nm. Under the above-mentioned conditions, the migration time of fosfestrol was 6.6 min. Linearity was achieved in the analyte range 3-150 mgL(-1) with the detection limit being 1 mgL(-1). The proposed method is adequately precise (s(r)=2.8% at 100 mgL(-1) fosfestrol, n=10) without the use of an internal standard and was applied to the determination of fosfestrol in a pharmaceutical formulation. The results obtained by the proposed method were in good agreement with those derived from the USP reference method.
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