a National Institute of Pharmacy, Budapest 5, P.O.B. 450, H-1372 Hungary
b Institute for General and Analytical Chemistry, Technical University, Budapest, Gellért tér 4., H-1521 Hungary
Abstract:
Adrenaline was determined in injections containing procaine in a 1000-fold excess by reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography using UV detection at 205 nm and aqueous sulphuric acid (100 μmol/l) as eluent. The relative standard deviation was 2.1%, and the method was selective in the presence of adrenaline degradation products. Changes of the capacity factor with pH and ionic strength of the eluent were studied, and a simple model is suggested to explain the retention data.