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Table 1 Classification for content analysis by HPLC for antimalarial drugs

From: Quality of anti-malarial drugs provided by public and private healthcare providers in south-east Nigeria

Drug

Good Quality

Chloroquine

> 0.208 mg/ml at 45 minutes (if CQ = 250 mg dose)

Quinine

> 0.25 mg/ml at 45 minutes (if QU = 300 mg or 0.08 mg/ml if it is 100 mg)

Sulfadoxine

> 0.3 mg/ml at 30 minutes

Pyrimethamine

> 0.015 mg/ml at 30 minutes

ARTs

> 95% of stated concentration