| Titre |
Quality Control of Selected Anttmalarials Sold In the Illicit Market: An Investigation Conducted ln Porto-Novo City [Republic of Benin) |
| Auteurs |
BABA-MOUSSA FARID [1],
BONOU JACOB [2],
Ahouandjinou Hélène [3],
DOUGNON T. VICTORIEN [4],
Kpavodé Lysette [5],
RAIMI Nawal [6],
OGOUYEMI-HOUNTO AURORE BERTILLE [7],
ABDOULAYE IDRISSOU [8],
TOUKOUROU FATIOU [9],
LOKO Frédéric [10],
GAZARD [11],
Gangbo Flore [12],
BABA-MOUSSA LAMINE SAÏD [12],
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| Journal: |
Advances in Bioscience and Biotechnology, |
| Catégorie Journal: |
Internationale |
| Impact factor: |
0 |
| Volume Journal: |
6 |
| DOI: |
http:// dx.doi .org!10.42 36(abb.2015.610067 |
| Resume |
Regarding the aforementioned situation, the current study was undertaken aiming to perform a quality control of selected antimalarial drugs of the illegal market in Porto-Novo city. Therefore, 40 antimalarial batches were randomly collected in the illicit drug market and submitted to analyticaltests such as: macroscopic examination (a visual and critical examination); mass uniformity test; disintegration test; identification test and active ingredients' content measurement. At the end of the study, the percentages of non-compliance is 97.5%,5%,15% and 27.5%, respectively for the content uniformity tests, disintegration, identification and assay. Over-all, 42.5% of noncompliance was recorded. The findings ofthis study prove that street vended drugs offer no guarantee ofgood quality and pose a threat to the health ofpopulations. Also,the rate of non-compliance denotes a flaw in the security ofthe drug distribution system. |
| Mots clés |
Antimalarial, Counterfeit Medicine,Quality Control,IIlicit Market |
| Pages |
637 - 644 |
| Fichier |
(PDF) |