PHR1447

Levetiracetam

Pharmaceutical Secondary Standard; Certified Reference Material

• Synonym(s): Levetiracetam, (αS)-α-Ethyl-2-oxo-1-pyrrolidineacetamide, 2(S)-(2-Oxopyrrolidin-1-yl)butyramide
• Empirical Formula (Hill Notation): C₈H₁₄N₂O₂
• CAS Number: 102767-28-2
• Molecular Weight: 170.21
• MDL number: MFCD03265610
• UNSPSC Code: 41116107
• PubChem Substance ID: 329822607
• NACRES: NA.24

Properties

• grade: certified reference material; pharmaceutical secondary standard
• Quality Level: 300
• agency: traceable to Ph. Eur. Y0001253; traceable to USP 1359404
• API family: levetiracetam
• CofA: current certificate can be downloaded
• packaging: pkg of 1 g
• technique(s): HPLC: suitable; gas chromatography (GC): suitable
• application(s): pharmaceutical (small molecule)
• format: neat
• storage temp.: 2-8°C
• SMILES string: CC[C@H](N1CCCC1=O)C(N)=O
• InChI: 1S/C8H14N2O2/c1-2-6(8(9)12)10-5-3-4-7(10)11/h6H,2-5H2,1H3,(H2,9,12)/t6-/m0/s1
• InChI key: HPHUVLMMVZITSG-LURJTMIESA-N
• Gene Information: human ... CACNA1B(774) , SV2A(9900)

Description

General description

Pharmaceutical secondary standards for application in quality control, provide pharma laboratories and manufacturers with a convenient and cost-effective alternative to the preparation of in-house working standards.
Levitiracetam, an analog of piracetam, is an antiepileptic drug widely used for the remedy of epileptic seizures, partial as well as generalized epilepsy.

Application

Levitiracetam may be used as a pharmaceutical reference standard for the determination of the analyte in pharmaceutical formulations by various chromatography techniques and spectrofluorimetric technique.

These Secondary Standards are qualified as Certified Reference Materials. These are suitable for use in several analytical applications including but not limited to pharma release testing, pharma method development for qualitative and quantitative analyses, food and beverage quality control testing, and other calibration requirements.

Biochem/physiol Actions

Levetiracetam is a pyrrolidine with antiepileptic activity. Stereoselective binding of levetiracetam was confined to synaptic plasma membranes in the central nervous system with no binding occurring in peripheral tissue. Levetiracetam inhibits burst firing without affecting normal neuronal excitability, which suggests that it may selectively prevent hyper-synchronization of epileptiform burst firing and propagation of seizure activity.

Analysis Note

These secondary standards offer multi-traceability to the USP, EP and BP primary standards, where they are available.

Other Notes

This Certified Reference Material (CRM) is produced and certified in accordance with ISO 17034 and ISO/IEC 17025. All information regarding the use of this CRM can be found on the certificate of analysis.

Footnote

To see an example of a Certificate of Analysis for this material enter LRAA2824 in the slot below. This is an example certificate only and may not be the lot that you receive.

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Safety Information

• Storage Class: 11 - Combustible Solids
• wgk_germany: WGK 3
• flash_point_f: Not applicable
• flash_point_c: Not applicable