Treatment condition

Sample Name

% of recovery

Remarks

Without Treatment

Placebo

N/A

Not degraded

Sample

Bimatoprost: 99.60% and Timolol: 99.84%

Not degraded

Acid hydrolysis of Bimatoprost (treated with 0.2 ml of 1N HCl at 85˚ for 15 min)

Placebo

N/A

Not degraded

Standard

88.21

Bimatoprost peak is degraded

Sample

88.66

Bimatoprost peak is degraded

Acid hydrolysis of Timolol (treated with 1ml of 1N HCl at 85˚ for 11 hours)

Placebo

N/A

Not degraded

Standard

89.79

Timolol peak is degraded

Sample

89.52

Timolol peak is degraded

Base hydrolysis of Bimatoprost (treated with 10 ml of 1N NaOH at 85˚ for 1.5 hours)

Placebo

N/A

Not degraded

Standard

93.00

Bimatoprost peak is degraded;

Sample

93.65

Bimatoprost peak is degraded;

Base hydrolysis of Timolol (treated with 0.5 ml of 1N NaOH at 85˚ for 1.5 hours)

Placebo

N/A

Not degraded

Standard

87.55

Timolol peak is degraded

Sample

87.62

Timolol peak is degraded

Peroxide oxidation of Bimatoprost (0.5 ml of 30% H2O2 heated at 85˚C for 50 minutes

Placebo

N/A

Not degraded

Standard

90.35

Bimatoprost peak is degraded

Sample

90.58

Bimatoprost peak is degraded

Peroxide oxidation of Timolol (0.5 ml of 30% H2O2 heated at 85˚C for 15 minutes

Placebo

N/A

Not degraded

Standard

79.38

Timolol peak is degraded

Sample

79.63

Timolol peak is degraded

Thermal degradation of Bimatoprost heat at 85˚C for 4.5 hours

Placebo

N/A

Not degraded

Standard

82.26

Bimatoprost peak is degraded

Sample

81.99

Bimatoprost peak is degraded

Thermal degradation of Timolol (heat at 85˚C for 19 hours)

Placebo

N/A

Not degraded

Standard

98.18

Timolol peak is not degraded

Sample

98.35

Timolol peak is not degraded

Photolytic degradation of Bimatoprost (exposed to direct sunlight for 02 hours)

Placebo

N/A

Not degraded

Standard

94.07

Bimatoprost peak is degraded

Sample

94.61

Bimatoprost peak is degraded

Photolytic degradation of Timolol (exposed to direct sunlight for 02 hours)

Placebo

N/A

Not degraded

Standard

86.64

Timolol peak is degraded

Sample

86.80

Timolol peak is degraded