Simultaneous high-speed liquid chromatographic determination of tetracycline and rolitetracycline in rolitetracycline formulations.
A rapid, precise high-speed liquid chromatographic procedure for the simultaneous determination of tetracycline and rolitetracycline in rolitetracycline formulations is described. Samples are dissolved in water, chilled to 0 degrees, and chromatographed on a pellicular cation-exchange resin, The specificity of this method represents a significant improvement over present analytical procedures, which fail to differentiate between rolitetracycline and its hydrolysis product, tetracycline, in these formulations.