A solution headspace gas chromatography for the determination of residual
organic solvent in Artemether was established. A DB-1 wide bore capillary column
was used with Referencel standard. The linear range for methanol, ethanol and
dichloromethane were 30.2~635.2μg·mL -1 (r=0.9991), 6.4~64.5μg·mL -1 (r=0.9991) and
5.5~68.7μg·mL -1 (r=0.9990) respectively. The average recoveries of methanol, ethanol
and dichloromethane were 99.9%, 103.8%and 99.3%respectively. The lowest test
limits of methanol , ethanol and dichloromethane were 0.02μg·g -1 , 0.04 μg·g -1 and
0.01μg·g -1 ,respectively. The method was simple, accurate, sensitive and repeatable.