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Trimethoprim

Pharmaceutical Secondary Standard; Certified Reference Material

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Synonym(s):
2,4-Diamino-5-(3,4,5-trimethoxybenzyl)pyrimidine, NSC 106568
Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C14H18N4O3
CAS Number:
738-70-5
Molecular Weight:
290.32
Beilstein:
625127
EC Number:
212-006-2
MDL number:
MFCD00036761
UNSPSC Code:
41116107
PubChem Substance ID:
329823086
NACRES:
NA.24

grade

certified reference material
pharmaceutical secondary standard

Quality Level

300

Agency

traceable to BP 344
traceable to Ph. Eur. T220000
traceable to USP 1692505

API family

trimethoprim

CofA

current certificate can be downloaded

technique(s)

HPLC: suitable
gas chromatography (GC): suitable

application(s)

pharmaceutical (small molecule)

format

neat

storage temp.

2-30°C

SMILES string

COc1cc(Cc2cnc(N)nc2N)cc(OC)c1OC

InChI

1S/C14H18N4O3/c1-19-10-5-8(6-11(20-2)12(10)21-3)4-9-7-17-14(16)18-13(9)15/h5-7H,4H2,1-3H3,(H4,15,16,17,18)

InChI key

IEDVJHCEMCRBQM-UHFFFAOYSA-N

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General description

Certified pharmaceutical secondary standards for application in quality control provide pharma laboratories and manufacturers with a convenient and cost-effective alternative to pharmacopeia primary standards. Trimethoprim is a synthetic antibacterial agent active in vitro against most aerobic gram-negative and gram-positive bacteria. Its mode of action involves inhibition of dihydrofolate reductase, an enzyme involved in catalyzing the reduction of dihydrofolate to tetrahydrofolate in both microbial and eukaryotic cells.

Application

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.
Trimethoprim may be used as a pharmaceutical reference standard for the determination of the analyte in pharmaceutical formulations by chromatography and visible and UV spectrophotometry.
Primarily used as an antibacterial agent. Dihydrofolate reductase inhibitor with selectivity for the prokaryote enzyme.

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

To see an example of a Certificate of Analysis for this material enter LRAA7172 in the slot below. This is an example certificate only and may not be the lot that you receive.

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Pictograms

Health hazardExclamation mark
GHS08,GHS07

Signal Word

Warning

Hazard Statements

H302,H361d

Hazard Classifications

Acute Tox. 4 Oral - Repr. 2

WGK

WGK 3

Flash Point(F)

Not applicable

Flash Point(C)

Not applicable

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  5. Is Trimethoprim stable in solution?

    Triemethoprim in a solution of 52% N,N dimethylacetamide:48% propylene glycol at 50 mg/ml is stable when stored at 25° C. There is only a 10% degradation of trimethoprim under these conditions after 885 days.

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Determination of sulfamethoxazole and trimethoprim in pharmaceuticals by visible and UV spectrophotometry
Shamsa F and Amani L
Iranian Journal of Pharmaceutical Research : IJPR, 537(1-2), 31-36 (2010)
Comparison of trimethoprim molecularly imprinted polymers in bulk and in sphere as the sorbent for solid-phase extraction and extraction of trimethoprim from human urine and pharmaceutical tablet and their determination by high-performance liquid chromatography
Hu SG, et al.
Analytica Chimica Acta, 537(1-2), 215-222 (2005)
Trimethoprim resistance.
Huovinen P
Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 31(10), 1451-1456 (1987)
Simultaneous LC determination of trimethoprim and sulphamethoxazole in pharmaceutical formulations
Akay C and Ozkan SA
Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis, 30(4), 1207-1213 (2002)
Ivan Senta et al.
Water research, 47(2), 705-714 (2012-11-29)
Comprehensive study on the occurrence and fate of several classes of antimicrobials, including sulfonamides, trimethoprim, fluoroquinolones and macrolides, in Croatian municipal wastewaters was performed using an integrated approach, which comprised analysis of both dissolved and particulate fractions. A nation-wide screening
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