Cutting-edge HPLC and MCR techniques for synchronically quantifying anticholinergic drugs in the presence of C12 and C14 homologs: Robust application to green and white chemistry
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Summary
This summary is machine-generated.This study introduces nine green and white chemistry metrics to assess the environmental impact of analytical methods for cyclopentolate and benzalkonium chloride. The developed methods demonstrate high accuracy and recovery rates, promoting sustainable chemical analysis.
Area Of Science
- Green Chemistry
- Analytical Chemistry
- Pharmaceutical Analysis
Background
- Green and white chemistry are crucial for enhancing sustainability and efficiency in the chemical industry.
- Developing robust analytical methods is essential for quality control in pharmaceutical formulations.
- Assessing the environmental footprint of analytical procedures is increasingly important.
Purpose Of The Study
- To develop and apply nine sustainability tools (green and white metrics) for evaluating the environmental friendliness of analytical methods.
- To concurrently analyze and separate cyclopentolate (CYC) and benzalkonium chloride (BNZ) homologs.
- To compare the performance of mean centering of ratio spectra (MCR) and reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography (RP-HPLC) strategies.
Main Methods
- Utilized nine sustainability metrics: GAPI, ComplexGAPI, analytical greenness, analytical greenness metric for sample preparation, ESA, analytical method greenness score, HPLC-EAT, analytical method volume intensity, and BAGI.
- Employed mean centering of ratio spectra (MCR) for spectral overlapping resolution and RP-HPLC for separation.
- Optimized mobile phase (phosphate buffer:acetonitrile, 35:65, v/v) at pH 6.3, UV detection at 215 nm, flow rate 2.0 mL/min, and column L11 Inertsil Ph-3 at 25°C.
Main Results
- MCR effectively resolved spectral overlapping for CYC (227.5 nm) and BNZ (220.4 nm).
- RP-HPLC employed an isocratic method with high linearity (correlation coefficient > 0.999) for both methods.
- Excellent recovery rates (97.2%–100.5%) were achieved, and the methods were validated per ICH guidelines.
Conclusions
- The developed analytical strategies, assessed by multiple green and white metrics, are environmentally friendly and efficient.
- The MCR and RP-HPLC methods provide accurate and reliable quantification of CYC and BNZ in pure and ophthalmic solutions.
- This study demonstrates the successful application of sustainability tools in evaluating and optimizing analytical methods for pharmaceutical analysis.
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