Environmentally benign liquid chromatographic method for concurrent estimation of four antihistaminic drugs applying factorial design approach

Abstract

In the last few decades, green analytical chemistry (GAC) has become a smart magical solution for the qualification and quantification of many drugs. In the current study, a direct, sensitive, and green RP-HPLC method was used to separate three anti-histaminic combinations rupatadine/montelukast, desloratadine/montelukast, fexofenadine/montelukast, and finally a mixture of rupatadine and its metabolite; desloratadine in less than 20 min. The developed method was optimized by a 23 full factorial design to improve the chromatographic responses. The proposed method was used to analyze these antihistaminic combinations at different pharmaceutical ratios. The linearity range is from 1 to 10 µg/mL for rupatadine, desloratadine, and montelukast, while for fexofenadine from 1 to 24 µg/mL drugs. The proposed method is useful in common quality control analysis of the investigated quaternary combinations because of its non-toxic and eco-friendly effects on the environment and human beings. The proposed procedure was thoroughly validated in accordance with ICH guidelines and was revealed to be accurate, reproducible, and selective. The developed methods were compared with a reported reference comparison method, where no significant difference was observed.