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Table 2 Weight of each anti-malaria tablet/mg dose manufactured by Pharmaceutical companies

From: A pilot study on quality of artesunate and amodiaquine tablets used in the fishing community of Tema, Ghana

Name of anti-malaria tablet

Pharmaceutical company

Weight of tablet/ API dose (g/mg)

Number of tablet/blisterpack

Weight of total tablet in blisterpack per dose API (g/mg)

Artesunate

Guilin Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd

0.271/50

12

3.27 ± 0.03/600

(0.01, 0.8 %)†

Artesunate

Letap Pharmaceutical Company

0.356/100

6

2.13 ± 0.02/600

(0.2, 0.9 %)†

Amodiaquine hydrochloride

Guilin Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd

0.273/150

12

3.26 ± 0.01/1800

(0.04, 0.4 %)†

Amodiaquine hydrochloride

Letap Pharmaceutical Company

0.466/306

6

2.81± 0.01/1836

(0.01, 0.5%)†

  1. Meaning of abbreviations: ()†= the first value represents coefficient of variation and second value relative standard deviation.
  2. API means active pharmaceutical ingredient.