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Table 1 Analytical performance data for the determination of the studied drugs by the proposed methods

From: Simultaneous determination of cetirizine, phenyl propanolamine and nimesulide using third derivative spectrophotometry and high performance liquid chromatography in pharmaceutical preparations

Parameter

3rd Derivative method

HPLC method

CTZ

PPA

NMS

CTZ

PPA

NMS

Linearity range (µg/mL)

8–90

20–100

20–200

5–40

10–100

10–120

Intercept (a)

0.006

−0.028

−0.036

1.3 × 104

4.926 × 105

−7.217 × 104

Slope (b)

0.001

0.002

0.002

4.2399 × 104

3.1 × 104

9.343 × 104

Correlation coefficient (r)

0.9999

0.9999

0.9999

0.9999

0.9998

0.9999

S.D. of residuals (Sy/x)

5.061 × 10−4

1.146 × 10−3

1.169 × 10−3

5.015 × 103

1.912 × 104

6.67 × 104

S.D. of intercept (Sa)

3.371 × 10−4

1.16 × 10−3

1.143 × 10−3

3.21 × 103

1.377 × 104

4.908 × 104

S.D. of slope (Sb)

6.828 × 10−6

1.794 × 10−5

9.583 × 10−6

1.667 × 102

2.723 × 102

7.00 × 102

S.D.

0.94

1.51

1.28

0.44

1.49

1.10

% RSDa

0.95

1.53

1.29

0.44

1.49

1.10

% Errorb

0.39

0.86

0.53

0.18

0.61

0.45

LOD (µg/mL)c

1.10

1.90

1.90

0.25

1.47

1.70

LOQ (µg/mL)d

3.40

5.80

5.50

0.76

4.40

5.25

  1. aPercentage relative standard deviation
  2. bPercentage relative error
  3. cLimit of detection
  4. dLimit of quantitation