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Clarithromycin

Pharmaceutical Secondary Standard; Certified Reference Material

Synonym(s):

CLM

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About This Item

Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C38H69NO13
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
747.95
MDL number:
UNSPSC Code:
41116107
PubChem Substance ID:
NACRES:
NA.24

grade

certified reference material
pharmaceutical secondary standard

Quality Level

Agency

traceable to BP 833
traceable to Ph. Eur. Y0000320
traceable to USP 1134379

API family

clarithromycin

CofA

current certificate can be downloaded

technique(s)

HPLC: suitable
gas chromatography (GC): suitable

application(s)

pharmaceutical (small molecule)

format

neat

storage temp.

-10 to -25°C

SMILES string

O[C@@H]([C@@](O)(C)[C@@H](CC)OC([C@H](C)[C@H]1O[C@@H]2O[C@@H](C)[C@H](O)[C@](C)(OC)C2)=O)[C@@H](C)C([C@H](C)C[C@@](C)(OC)[C@H](O[C@@H]3O[C@H](C)C[C@H](N(C)C)[C@H]3O)[C@H]1C)=O

InChI

1S/C38H69NO13/c1-15-26-38(10,45)31(42)21(4)28(40)19(2)17-37(9,47-14)33(52-35-29(41)25(39(11)12)16-20(3)48-35)22(5)30(23(6)34(44)50-26)51-27-18-36(8,46-13)32(43)24(7)49-27/h19-27,29-33,35,41-43,45H,15-18H2,1-14H3/t19-,20-,21+,22+,23-,24+,25+,26-,27+,29-,30+,31-,32+,33-,35+,36-,37-,38-/m1/s1

InChI key

AGOYDEPGAOXOCK-KCBOHYOISA-N

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General description

Clarithromycin belongs to the group of macrolide erythromycin antibiotics. Owing to its broad-spectrum antibacterial activity, several dosage forms of clarithromycin have been formulated. It is widely utilized to treat the infections caused by Chlamydia, Mycoplasma, Legionella, Helicobacter pylori, and Mycobacterium avium complex. It is also known to be active against HIV-related opportunistic infections.

Pharmaceutical secondary standards for application in quality control, provide pharma laboratories and manufacturers with a convenient and cost-effective alternative to the preparation of in-house working standards.

Application

Clarithromycin may be used as a pharmaceutical reference standard for the determination of the analyte in pharmaceutical formulations by ultra-performance liquid chromatography (UPLC), high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) and time-of-flight-secondary ion mass spectrometry (ToF-SIMS) techniques. It can be used as a reference standard in validating the concentration of clarithromycin in human plasma samples using liquid chromatography coupled with tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS-MS). Clarithromycin may also be used as a test reference standard to validate and compare its purity using two different types of methods, quantitative nuclear magnetic resonance (qNMR) and high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC).
These Secondary Standards are qualified as Certified Reference Materials. These are suitable for use in several analytical applications including but not limited to pharma release testing, pharma method development for qualitative and quantitative analyses, food and beverage quality control testing, and other calibration requirements.

Biochem/physiol Actions

Clarithromycin is a macrolide antibiotic that interferes with bacterial protein synthesis. Clarithromycin is an acid-stable version of erythromycin and is particularly effective against Gram-negative bacteria. It has a short half-life, however its metabolite, 14-hydroxy clarithromycin is nearly twice as active as clarithromycin against certain bacteria.

Analysis Note

These secondary standards offer multi-traceability to the USP, EP (PhEur) and BP primary standards, where they are available.

Other Notes

This Certified Reference Material (CRM) is produced and certified in accordance with ISO 17034 and ISO/IEC 17025. All information regarding the use of this CRM can be found on the certificate of analysis.

Footnote

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Hazard Statements

Precautionary Statements

Hazard Classifications

Acute Tox. 4 Oral

Storage Class Code

11 - Combustible Solids

WGK

WGK 1

Flash Point(F)

Not applicable

Flash Point(C)

Not applicable


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A comparative uncertainty study of the calibration of macrolide antibiotic reference standards using quantitative nuclear magnetic resonance and mass balance methods
Liu Y-S and Hu Q-C
Analytica Chimica Acta, 602, 114-121 (2007)
Simplified method for determination of clarithromycin in human plasma using protein precipitation in a 96-well format and liquid chromatography?tandem mass spectrometry
Shin J, et al.
Journal of Chromatography. B, Analytical Technologies in the Biomedical and Life Sciences, 871, 130-134 (2008)
Formulation of an intravenous emulsion loaded with a clarithromycin-phospholipid complex and its pharmacokinetics in rats
Lu Y, et al.
International Journal of Pharmaceutics, 366(1-2), 160-169 (2009)
Simultaneous Determination Of Omeprazole, Tinidazole and Clarithromycin in Bulk powder and Helicure? Tablets by HPLC
Salem H, et al.
Journal of Chromatography and Separation Techniques, 5(2), 1-1 (2014)
Possibility of monitoring granulation by analyzing the amount of hydroxypropylcellulose, a binder on the surface of granules, using ToF-SIMS
Furudate T, et al.
International Journal of Pharmaceutics, 495(2), 642-650 (2015)

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