Photostability studies on nicardipine-cyclodextrin complexes by capillary electrophoresis.

Nicardipine (NC)-cyclodextrin solid systems were prepared in equimolar ratios and their photostability in aqueous solution under exposure to UV(A)-UV(B) radiations was evaluated. The photodegradation process was monitored by a capillary electrophoresis (CE) method able to provide the enantioresolution of the rac-nicardipine. Enantioresolution was achieved using the mixture 3.0% sulfate-beta-cyclodextrin (SbetaCD) and 2.0% heptakis(2,3,6-tri-O-methyl)-beta-cyclodextrin (TMbetaCD) as chiral selector in 20mM triethanolammonium phosphate solution (pH 3.0). The photostability studies were carried out on inclusion complexes of rac-nicardipine with alpha-cyclodextrin (alphaCD), beta-cyclodextrin (betaCD), gamma-cyclodextrin (gammaCD), hydroxypropyl-alpha-cyclodextrin (HPalphaCD), hydroxypropyl-beta-cyclodextrin (HPbetaCD), hydroxypropyl-gamma-cyclodextrin (HPgammaCD), (2-hydroxyethyl)-beta-cyclodextrin (HEbetaCD) and methyl-beta-cyclodextrin (MbetaCD). A photoprotective effect was observed by betaCD, HPalphaCD, HEbetaCD, whereas gammaCD, MbetaCD, HPbetaCD and HPgammaCD did not affect the nicardipine photostability. Conversely, alphaCD was found to favour the drug photodegradation. Evidences for CDs-mediated stereoselective photodegradation of rac-nicardipine were observed only for the beta-CD complex. In this case, two distinct photodegradation profiles, with two different kinetic constants (k), were observed for the nicardipine enantiomers.

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