Lenvatinib mesylate (LNB) is a potent anticancer drug
used in the
treatment of thyroid cancer. No green technique incorporating the
use of green analytical chemistry (GAC) in HPTLC for LNB has been
reported. The current study focuses on how GAC was used in the development
and validation of a green HPTLC technique using LNB. The mobile phase
used for RP-HPTLC was green solvents, namely, ethanol and water (60:40,
v/v), and for a green NP-HPLTC technique, a 50:50 v/v of ethanol and
ethyl acetate was used. For both methods, the detection was carried
out at 243 nm. Both methods were validated for linearity, range, precision,
accuracy, limit of detection, limit of quantification, sensitivity,
and specificity. In the range of 200–2000 ng/spot for both
the RP and NP, both techniques were proved to be linear. In comparison
to NP-HPTLC, the RP-HPTLC exhibited greater sensitivity. It was concluded
that the green RP-HPTLC technique was found to be more speedy, accurate,
precise, and greener than green NP-HPTLC. Analytical greenness (AGREE)
scores were estimated as 0.88 and 0.82, respectively, for the RP and
NP (methods 1 and 2), which indicated a high level of greenness. We
compared our developed methods with previously reported HPLC (for
LNB) and HPTLC (for similar class drugs) methods showing AGREE scores
of 0.58, 0.61, 0.62, and 0.65, which are considered poor AGREE scores
when compared to our established green RP- and NP-HPTLC methods. Both
of our methods (methods 1 and 2) demonstrated extreme greenness as
compared to other reported methods, and these emerging environmentally
friendly green methods should be explored in pharmaceutical industries
to reduce the potential hazards of organic solvents on nature.