Identification, isolation and characterization of impurities of clindamycin palmitate hydrochloride.

Clindamycin palmitate hydrochloride is a water soluble hydrochloride salt of the ester of clindamycin and palmitic acid. It is inactive in vitro, rapid in vivo hydrolysis converts this compound to the antibacterially active clindamycin. Total 12 impurities at levels ranging from 0.