Table 1 Microemulsion systems tested

a) 0.81% w/w octane + 6.61% w/w 1-butanol + 3.31% w/w SDS + 89.27% w/w 10 mM borate buffer

+ 70 μA; RT around 12 min; MT_artemether < MT_lumefantrine;

b) 0.81% w/w octane + 6.61% w/w 1-butanol + 3.31% w/w SDS + 89.27% w/w 20 mM borate buffer

+ 85 μA; RT around 15 min; MT_artemether < MT_lumefantrine;

c) 0.81% w/w octane + 6.61% w/w 1-butanol + 3.31% w/w LiDS + 89.27% w/w 10 mM borate buffer

+ 60 μA; RT around 10 min; MT_artemether < MT_lumefantrine;

d) 0.8% w/w octane + 6.6% w/w 1-butanol + 6.0% w/w SDS + 20% w/w isopropanol + 66.6% w/w 25 mM phosphate buffer

+67 μA; RT around 9 min; MT_artemether > MT_lumefantrine; baseline disturbance