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  • Title: Collaborative study of an assay for progestational steroids in individual contraceptive tablets.
    Author: Wu JY.
    Journal: J Assoc Off Anal Chem; 1977 Jul; 60(4):922-5. PubMed ID: 893310.
    Abstract:
    A single tablet assay method has been developed for determining norethindrone, norethynodrel, and norgestrel in commercial contraceptive tablets. The steroid is separated from the tablet constituents on a diatomaceous earth column, the chloroform eluate is reacted with isonicotinic acid hydrazide, and the steroid is determined by colorimetry. Norethynodrel is isomerized to a conjugated ketosteroid before the colorimetric determination. Fourteen laboratories collaboratively tested the method. The average recoveries in 3 brands of tablets were as follows: 102.6% for the sample labeled as containing 0.35 mg norethindrone/tablet, 99.4% for the 2.5 mg norethynodrel/tablet, and 98.2% for the 0.5 mg norgestrel/tablet. The assay method has been adopted as official first action.
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