Quality Assessment of Artemether-Lumefantrine Samples and Artemether Injections Sold in the Cape Coast Metropolis

Table 1

The country of manufacture, formulation, and some mechanical properties of sampled drugs.

Sample code	Formulation	Country of manufacture	Hardness (kPa)	Friability (%)	Disintegration time (s)
AL 1	Tablet	Ghana	3.4 ± 0.30	0.11	671 ± 1.8
AL 2	Tablet	India	3.6 ± 0.10	0.03	611 ± 3.4
AL 3	Tablet	Ghana	5.3 ± 0.02	0.23	554 ± 2.2
AL 4	Tablet	China	4.2 ± 0.01	0.04	671 ± 1.6
AL 5	Tablet	China	4.2 ± 0.13	0.02	791 ± 8.4
AL 6	Tablet	India	3.7 ± 0.21	0.01	866 ± 5.2
AL 7	Suspension	India	—	—	—
AL 8	Suspension	Ghana	—	—	—
AT 1	Injection	India	—	—	—
AT 2	Injection	Ghana	—	—	—