著者

Takashi Kojima Fumie Kato Reiko Teraoka Yoshihisa Matsuda Shuji Kitagawa Mitsutomo Tsuhako

出版者

The Pharmaceutical Society of Japan

雑誌

Chemical and Pharmaceutical Bulletin (ISSN:00092363)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.55, no.3, pp.407-411, 2007 (Released:2007-03-01)

参考文献数

25

被引用文献数

9 11

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Two novel pseudopolymorphs, methanolate and ethanolate of tamoxifen [(Z)-2-[4-(1,2-diphenyl-1-butenyl)phenoxy]-N,N-dimethylethylamine]citrate, were prepared in addition to forms A and B reported previously. Their crystalline forms were identified and characterized by powder and single crystal X-ray diffractometry, differential scanning calorimetry, thermogravimetric analysis, hot-stage microscopy, scanning electron microscopy and diffuse reflectance infrared Fourier-transform spectroscopy, and their physicochemical stability was also evaluated. The results of single crystal X-ray analysis and thermogravimetric analysis of methanolate and ethanolate suggested that the stoichiometry of tamoxifen citrate : methanol and tamoxifen citrate : ethanol could be composed of a 1 : 1 molecular ratio for both solvates. The results of physicochemical stability evaluations at 75 and 97% RH at 40 and 60 °C indicated that the metastable form A was quite stable for at least 2 months even under severe storage conditions, whereas methanolate immediately transformed to a crystalline mixture of forms A and B, and subsequently changed to the stable form B.