%0 Journal Article %T Simultaneous determination of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs in pharmaceutical formulations and human serum by reversed phase high performance liquid chromatography %A Nawaz %A Muhammad %J Qu¨ªmica Nova %D 2012 %I Sociedade Brasileira de Qu¨ªmica %R 10.1590/S0100-40422012000500014 %X a rapid and sensitive method using high performance liquid chromatography has been developed and validated for the simultaneous determination of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (nsaids) in pharmaceutical formulations and human serum. six nsaids including: naproxen sodium, diclofenac sodium, meloxicam, flurbiprofen, tiaprofenic and mefenamic acid were analyzed simultaneously in presence of ibuprofen as internal standard on mediterranea c18 (5 ¦̀m, 250 x 0.46 mm) column. mobile phase comprised of methanol: acetonitrile: h2o (60:20:20, v/v; ph 3.35) and pumped at a flow rate of 1 ml min-1 using 265 nm uv detection. the method was linear over a concentration range of 0.25-50 ¦̀g ml-1 (r2 = 0.9999). %K nsaids %K serum %K reversed phase high performance liquid chromatography. %U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0100-40422012000500014&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en