Table 3: Accuracy and precision of the determination of simvastatin by HPLC.

Nominal concentration

(mg mL-1)

Intra–day (n=6)

Mean±SD

(mg mL-1)

RSD

(%)

Recovery

(%)

Relative error

(%)

3.50

3.55±0.09

2.53

101.43

1.43

15.00

15.23±0.28

1.84

101.53

1.53

55.00

55.39±0.77

1.39

100.71

0.71

210.00

214.57±2.76

1.29

102.18

2.18

550.00

558.28±5.97

1.07

101.51

1.51