Table 2 Number of samples with active pharmaceutical ingredient found different to what the medicine was labelled as containing

2-Mercaptobenzothiazole

3

[38]

Acetaminophen

17

1

7

101*

[5, 38, 40–42]

Artemisinin

4

4

[5, 38]

Aspirin

1

[43]

Chloramphenicol

2

[38]

Chloroquine

8

253*

[5, 34, 38, 41, 44–46]

Chlorpheniramine

1

[47]

Dimethylfumarate

6

[38]

Erucamide

1

[38]

Erythromycin

7

[38, 48]

Erythromycin and Paracetamol (acetaminophen)

8

[49]

Sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine

100*

[50]

Metamizol

5

[38]

Pyrimethamine

8

2

[5, 38]

Pyrimethamine and Sulphadiazine

1

[5]

Sildenafil

4

[5]

Soya flour

100*

[50]

Sulphadoxine

12

57600

[38, 39]

Sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine

30

1

[51, 52]

Sulphamethazine

1

[53]