Table 5 Results of assessment of greenness profile of the developed TLC method.

From: TLC densitometric approach for concurrent determination of quinary mixture for treatment of migraine with appraisal to method greenness and whiteness

Tool

Parameters

 

Penalty point

Analytical Eco-scale

Reagent

PP of SOLVENT=

subtotal pp * number of pictograms * signal word

CONSUMED VOLUME = solvent volume in system/no. of spots

Methanol

6

n-hexane

6

Ethyl acetate

4

PDAB

1

HCl

4

Ethanol

4

Instruments

Energy

0 (≤ 60.1 kWh per sample)

0

Occupational hazard

Analytical process hermitization

0

Wastes

< 1 mL (g)

1

No treatment

3

Total penalty points

29

Analytical Eco-scale total score

71

Agree

GAPI

BAGI

RGB

White, 78.40%