Sample condition Spiked concentration (μg/ml) Mean determined concentration (µg/ml) Accuracy (%)
Bench-top stabilitya 0.1 0.096 96.00
  1.0 0.97 97.00
  2.0 1.99 99.50
Freeze–thaw stabilityb 0.1 0.098 98.00
  1.0 0.99 99.00
  2.0 2.07 103.5
One-week stabilityc 0.1 0.092 92.00
  1.0 0.89 89.00
  2.0 2.38 95.20
aExposed at ambient temperature (25 °C) for 4h.
bAfter three freeze–thaw cycles
cStored at −16°C.
Table 2: Stability of atazanavir in rat plasma (n = 6)