Green chemistry: An environment-friendly approach for pharmaceutical development

The initial product-centric approach for synthesizing therapeutics has led to an extensive release of chemicals in the environment. However, the awareness and stringent guidelines favouring safeguarding the environment promote the use of environment-friendly and less toxic chemicals, solvents, and catalysts. The high cost, as well as ecological impacts, can only be lessened if the researchers and chemists move in the direction of green synthesis. Nature itself motivates the chemistry community in scheming and applying ecologically benign, harmless, and justifiable synthetic pathways. Green chemistry has very well been explored in industries for the synthesis of pharmaceutical intermediates and products. Several nanoformulations are now synthesized using green chemistry using biologically derived catalysts and less toxic solvents. Keywords: Sustainable chemistry, Green synthesis, Ecological benign solvent, Biocatalyst.