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Table 4 Structural and compositional parameters of P. falciparum obtained through interpretation of the measured UV-visible-NIR spectra of MFQ treated IRBCs and parasites extracted from IRBCs

From: Spectrophotometric detection of susceptibility to anti-malarial drugs

Paramer

10-11 hrs

15-17 hrs

22 hrs

Average cell volume (fl)

15.6 ± 0.3

21.7 ± 0.9

20.4 ± 1.6

DV volume (fl)

6.7 ± 0.3

7.6 ± 0.3

8.5 ± 0.9

NU volume (fl)

2.1 ± 0.1

2.2 ± 0.4

3.4 ± 0.2

HZ (pg/cell)

0.03 ± 0.01

0.03 ± 0.01

0.04 ± 0.01

Nucleotides (fg/cell)

26 ± 13

64 ± 3

84 ± 11