Abstract:
Objective To establish an enzymatic hydrolysis-ion-pair high performance liquid chromatography method for the determination of sodium hyaluronate in cream dressings, to address issues such as substrate interference, operational risks, or high equipment costs.
Methods Samples were demulsified with 30% sodium chloride solution, followed by enzymatic hydrolysis by hyaluronidase. The analysis was performed by HPLC under the following parameters: Sepax GP-C18 column (4.6×250 mm, 5 μm); mobile phase consisting of 40 mM sodium dihydrogen phosphate-10 mM tetrabutylammonium hydrogen sulfate solution (pH2.7) and acetonitrile; flow rate of 0.6 mL/min; column temperature of 40℃; and detection wavelength of 232 nm.
Results Sodium hyaluronate has a good linear relationship within the range of 2 to 100 μg/mL (R2= 0.9997). The detection limit (LOD) and quantification limit (LOQ)were of 0.004 mg/g and 0.013 mg/g, respectively. The RSDs for repeatability and intermediate precision were 1.34% and 2.30%, respectively, and the average recoveries of samples ranged from 103.20% to 106.46%.
Conclusion The method is simple in pretreatment, with strong specificity, good precision, accuracy and robustness, and is suitable for the determination of sodium hyaluronate in cream dressings.