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Table 5 Precision assay results of four N-nitrosamines in sartan substances.

From: Development of a sensitive and stable GC-MS/MS method for simultaneous determination of four N-nitrosamine genotoxic impurities in sartan substances

Matrix

Compound

Spiked level (ppm)

Intraday (n = 6)

Interday (n = 18)

Day 1

Day 2

Day 3

Average recovery (%)

RSD (%)

Average recovery (%)

RSD (%)

Average recovery (%)

RSD (%)

Average recovery (%)

RSD (%)

Candesartan cilexetil

NDMA

3.0

101.06

3.75

102.37

2.57

99.40

3.98

100.94

3.49

NDEA

0.80

109.56

4.15

107.83

3.62

106.31

5.98

107.90

4.57

NDIPA

3.0

97.49

5.50

95.90

6.38

93.88

4.74

95.76

5.49

NDBA

3.0

91.69

2.08

97.64

3.80

92.11

5.09

93.82

4.69

Olmesartan medoxomi

NDMA

2.4

79.76

4.69

89.26

4.84

96.31

4.91

88.45

9.15

NDEA

0.64

75.07

1.45

84.66

3.57

81.84

6.21

80.52

6.55

NDIPA

2.4

91.83

4.32

83.23

3.57

82.68

4.28

86.39

6.05

NDBA

2.4

83.41

6.05

85.34

4.14

94.63

5.00

87.79

7.04

Irbesartan

NDMA

0.3

106.18

3.17

104.67

2.15

104.60

3.43

105.15

2.88

NDEA

0.08

95.66

3.64

98.21

3.65

91.78

3.16

95.22

4.36

NDIPA

0.3

92.46

3.36

91.35

4.27

92.62

4.63

92.14

3.92

NDBA

0.3

114.14

3.85

109.58

3.45

116.44

3.99

113.39

4.40

Valsartan

NDMA

0.3

101.45

3.34

101.88

3.64

102.95

3.26

102.09

3.27

NDEA

0.08

108.92

5.35

106.37

5.70

102.92

4.83

106.07

5.54

NDIPA

0.3

92.43

3.33

94.97

5.09

96.30

4.83

96.78

6.37

NDBA

0.3

108.74

4.06

113.88

4.65

106.21

3.17

109.61

4.84