The invention discloses a method for determining related substances in
methotrexate, which comprises the following steps: firstly preparing an
impurity C positioning solution, a
system applicability solution and a
test solution, then respectively carrying out liquid
chromatography detection on the
impurity C positioning solution, the
system applicability solution, a reference substance solution and the
test solution, recording chromatograms, and determining the content of the related substances in
methotrexate according to the chromatograms. And performing quantitative analysis on the
impurity C and other impurities in the
test solution by comparing the chromatograms. According to the method, a
system applicable solution is prepared by destroying a main component reference substance solution, the solution is a
mixed solution containing an impurity B, an impurity C and
methotrexate, the impurity C can be positioned, and the separation degree between the impurity B and the impurity C is controlled to be not less than 1.5.