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Table 5 Structural and compositional parameters of IRBCs obtained through interpretation of the measured UV-visible-NIR spectra of MFQ treated cultures

From: Spectrophotometric detection of susceptibility to anti-malarial drugs

Parameter

10-11 hrs

15-17 hrs

22 hrs

RBC volume (μm3)

85.0 ± 0.9

85.1 ± 1.2

97.3 ± 1.0

RBC length (μm)

8.41 ± 0.07

8.31 ± 0.02

8.15 ± 0.01

RBC width (μm)

2.30 ± 0.4

2.36 ± 0.04

2.88 ± 0.04

MCHC (g ml-1)

35.0 ± 1.0

38.0 ± 0.1

32.0 ± 0.1

MCH (pg cell-1)

24.4 ± 0.4

24.0 ± 0.5

24.4 ± 0.5

MCHI (pg cell-1)

25.2 ± 0.2

24.7 ± 0.4

25.5 ± 0.3