S. No. Name of impurity Conditions for degradation
Control sample (%) Acid degradation (1N HCl / at RT / 1Hour) Base degradation (1N NaOH / at RT/ 2 hours) Oxidative degradation (3%v/v H2O2 / at RT / 12 Hours )
1 DAB Impurity-A ND ND 0.31  
2 DAB-2B ND 0.01 0.01 1.93
3 DAB Impurity-C 0.08 0.08 0.06 0.08
4 DAB Impurity-H ND 0.04 0.04 0.25
5 DAB Impurity-D ND 4.55 9.37 0.04
6 DAB Impurity-E 0.09 0.11 0.09 0.77
7 DAB Impurity-K 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01
8 DAB Impurity-J ND 0.03 0.01 0.27
9 DAB Impurity-G 0.04 0.05 0.03 0.71
10  Total unknown impurities 0.08 0.12 0.14 1.30
11 Total impurities 0.30 4.99 10.07 5.36
12 % of Degradation NA 4.70 9.80 5.07
Table 3: Result of Force Degradation study in Dabigatran etexilate mesylate