RESEARCH ARTICLE
Analytical Methods for Determination of Muscle Relax-ant Thiocolchicoside in Pharmaceutical Preparations- A Review
J.K. Rajput, P.H. Patil, S. J. Surana, A. A. Shirkhedkar*
Article Information
Identifiers and Pagination:
Year: 2015Volume: 2
First Page: 43
Last Page: 55
Publisher Id: PHARMSCI-2-43
DOI: 10.2174/1874844901502010043
Article History:
Received Date: 15/5/2015Revision Received Date: 1/8/2015
Acceptance Date: 29/9/2015
Electronic publication date: 8/12/2015
Collection year: 2015
open-access license: This is an open access article licensed under the terms of the (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode), which permits unrestricted, noncommercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the work is properly cited.
Abstract
Thiocolchicoside is a centrally acting muscle relaxant and used in combination with many NSAIDs for the treatment of various musculoskeletal disorders. As it is less sedative than other centrally acting muscle relaxants hence frequently prescribed for low back pain (LBP), orthopedic, traumatic and rheumatologic disorders. It is available in market in single component and as multicomponent formulations. Various analytical methods are available for determination of thiocolchico-side in drug substances and formulated products. The present article summarizes more than 100 analytical methods including all types of chromatographic, UV-Visible spectrophotometry and radio immune assays with their percentage of utility for de-termination of thiocolchicoside in biological matrices, bulk material and different pharmaceutical formulations.