The identification of different pharmaceutical formulations with piroxicam was studied, using spectra of diffuse reflectance infrared Fourier transform spectroscopy (DRIFTS), in association with hierarchical cluster analysis (HCA) technique. The spectra of samples of the 5 different compounding pharmacies, containing 10 or 20 mg of piroxicam and its respective inactive ingredients, had been collected in Nicolet Magna 550 spectrophotometer. For the multivariate analysis, the spectral information had been processed in software package Pirouette® 2.7 of the Infometrix. The dendograms had been constructed with the autoscaled data, and multiplicative scatter correction (MSC), using three types of linkage methods: single, flexible and incremental. By applying the hierarchical cluster analysis the formation of two distinct groups: one with the active principles and another group with the inactive ingredients was proved. These results demonstrate that the DRIFTS associated with chemometrics tools, constitute a quality control alternative of drugs production processes.
Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs); DRIFTS; Piroxicam; Multivariate analysis; Drugs quality control
