Parameter TLC HPLC **Reported HPLC method[10] Mean 100.6 99.90 100.12 SD 0.929 0.862 0.527 n 6 7 6 Variance 0.863 0.743 0.278 Student's t 0.3377 (1.8124)* 0.01797(2.201)*   F 3.104 (5.0503)* 2.673 (4.3874)*   *The values in parentheses are the corresponding tabulated values at p=0.05 **HPLC method (C-18, using methanol: water: acetic acid (pH=4) in the ratio of 70:30:0.1, v/v/v) containing 5×10-3 M sodium dodecyl sulfate at flow rate of and 0.7 mL/min and detection is 275 nm)

Table 5: Statistical comparison of the results obtained by the proposed methods and the reported one for Determination of BFM in presence of its acid induced degradation products.