| Specification |  USP 38 | 
		
			| Items | Acceptance criteria | Results | 
		
			| Appearance |  White to off-white crystalline powder |  White crystalline powder | 
		
			| Solubility | It is slightly soluble in methanol, in ethanol (99.5), in acetonitrile, and practically insoluble in water. |  Conforms | 
		
			| Identification |  A. The IR spectrum should correspond to that obtained with RS |  Consistent with that obtained with RS | 
		
			|  B. The retention time of the major peak in the chromatogram of the Assay preparation should correspond to that in the chromatogram of the RS, as obtained in the Assay |  Consistent with that  obtained with Standard preparation | 
		
			| Loss on Drying |  ≤0.25% |  0.07% | 
		
			| Residue on Ignition |  ≤0.1% |  0.04% | 
		
			| Chloride |  180 ppm | 180 ppm | 
		
			| Heavy Metals |  ≤0.001% |  ≤0.001% | 
		
			| Particle size |  90% less than 20um and 10% less than  10um |  Conforms | 
		
			| Related Compounds |  Impurity A ≤ 0.10% |  0.02% | 
		
			|  Impurity B ≤ 0.10% |  Not detected | 
		
			|  Impurity C ≤ 0.10% |  0.03% | 
		
			|  Any other individual impurity ≤ 0.10% |  See Note 1 | 
		
			|  Total impurities ≤ 0.40% |  0.21% | 
		
			| Residual Solvents |  N, N-Dimethylacetamide ≤ 1090 ppm |  Conforms | 
		
			|  Chloroform ≤ 60 ppm |  25 ppm | 
		
			|  Methanol ≤ 3000ppm |  950 ppm | 
		
			| Assay by HPLC | 98.0% ~ 102.0% (calculated on dried basis) | 99.8% | 
		
			| Mirobiological Contarnination/g A) Total aerobic microbial count B) Total combined moulds & yeasts C) Other specific microorganisms(E.Coli,Salmonella sp) |     ≤1000 cfu      ≤1000 cfu   Absent |       Conforms   Conforms   Conforms   | 
		
			| Conclusion |   It complies with the requirement of USP38 |