Methylbenzethonium Chloride Lotion
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This article is compiled based on the United States Pharmacopeia (USP) – 2025 Edition
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1 DEFINITION
Methylbenzethonium Chloride Lotion is an emulsion containing NLT 90.0% and NMT 110.0% of the labeled amount of methylbenzethonium chloride (C28H44ClNO2 . H2O).
2 IDENTIFICATION
A.
Sample: Suspend 0.5 mL of methylbenzethonium chloride lotion in 20 mL of water.
Analysis: Add 0.1 g of sodium carbonate, 1 mL of bromophenol blue TS, and 10 mL of chloroform to the Sample, and shake the mixture.
Acceptance criteria: The chloroform layer is blue.
3 ASSAY
3.1 PROCEDURE
Standard stock solution: 4.446 mg/mL of USP Docusate sodium RS in isopropyl alcohol (equivalent to 0.01 M of USP Docusate Sodium RS). Store this solution in a tightly-stoppered glass container. Prepare the Standard solution on the day of use.
Standard solution 44.46 µg/mL of USP Docusate Sodium RS in water from the Standard stock solution (equivalent to 0.1 mM of USP Docusate Sodium RS)
Sample solution: Transfer an amount of Lotion, equivalent to 0.5 mg of methylbenzethonium chloride, to a glass-stoppered, 50-mL cylinder. Add 5 mL of chloroform (freshly purified by shaking 100 mL with 10 g of silica gel, allowing to settle, and withdrawing the supernatant), 5 mL of phosphoric acid solution (1 in 10), and 1 mL of 0.05 mg/mL of safranin O solution.
Analysis: Titrate the Sample solution with the Standard solution until 1 mL from the endpoint, then shake the stoppered tube vigorously for about 2 min, and continue the titration in 0.1-mL increments, shaking vigorously after each addition, until a pink color appears in the chloroform layer. Perform a blank determination, and make any necessary correction (see Titrimetry (541)). Each mL of Standard solution is equivalent to 48.01 µg of methylbenzethonium chloride (C28H44ClNO2 . H2O).
Acceptance criteria: 90.0%-110.0%
4 SPECIFIC TESTS
pH (791): 5.2-6.0
5 ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS
PACKAGING AND STORAGE: Preserve in tight containers.
USP REFERENCE STANDARDS (11)
USP Docusate Sodium RS
