USE OF TLC FOR THE QUANTITATIVE DETERMINATION OF ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID, CAFFEINE, AND ETHOXYBENZAMIDE IN COMBINED TABLETS.

Adsorption thin layer chromatography (NP-TLC) with densitometry has been established for the identification and the quantification of acetylsalicylic acid, caffeine, and ethoxybenzamide in combined tablets. UV densitometry was performed in absorbance mode at 200 nm, 275 nm, and 300 nm for acetylsalicylic acid, caffeine, and o-ethoxybenzamide, respectively. The presented method was validated by specificity, range, linearity, accuracy, precision, detection limit, quantitative limit, and robustness. It could be said that the NP-TLC-densitometric method is suitable for the routine analysis of acetylsalicylic acid, caffeine, and ethoxybenzamide in combined tablets in quantity control laboratories. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]