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Table 6 Dissolution (n = 6) of ART and LUM from FDC ART/LUM tablets

From: Development of a dissolution method for lumefantrine and artemether in immediate release fixed dose artemether/lumefantrine tablets

Time (min)

pH

Agitation speed (rpm)

ART

LUM

ART

LUM

1.4

1.6

1.8

1.4

1.6

1.8

98

100

102

98

100

102

30

73.2

75.7

80.0

77.1

79.6

78.7

77.4

79.3

76.9

73.0

78.1

72.6

60

80.9

84.6

85.9

88.2

85.8

84.8

82.2

85.7

84.7

83.2

84.6

85.9

90

89.0

91.3

92.9

91.1

95.5

96.1

88.8

90.4

87.6

92.9

96.0

96.4

120

94.0

94.7

96.5

95.2

98.1

99.0

89.5

93.3

91.7

98.9

99.1

98.9

Average at 60 min

83.81 ± 2.62

86.24 ± 1.75

84.20 ± 1.79

84.59 ± 1.34

%RSD

3.13

2.04

0.02

0.01

p > 0.05

  1. FDC ART/LUM tablets (Ipca Laboratories, India, batch no. DYI 478058) were used. All dissolution conditions except the deliberately changed parameters were kept constant