Investigating the Presence of Falsified and Poor-Quality Fixed-Dose Combination Artemether-Lumefantrine Pharmaceutical Dosage Forms in Kumasi, Ghana

Table 2

Weight variation test.

Samples	Weight of 20 tablets (g (x))	Average weight (g ())	Standard deviation (±)	% RSD	Inference
LZT	7.3834	0.3692	0.0177	4.794	Passed
LNT	13.7309	0.6865	0.0078	1.132	Passed
MLT	19.8272	0.9914	0.0166	1.674	Passed
LFT	13.4692	0.6735	0.0117	1.737	Passed
CTT	19.3590	0.9680	0.0040	0.413	Passed
TMT	17.0451	0.8523	0.0097	1.138	Passed
IDT	22.7536	1.1377	0.0163	1.433	Passed
DMT	14.7696	0.7385	0.0073	0.948	Passed

% RSD = percentage relative standard deviation. Acceptance criteria (BP): NMT ± 5%.