Simple field assays to check quality of current artemisinin-based antimalarial combination formulations

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 9, 2009, Pages

  Ioset, Jean Robert ^a,b   Kaur, Harparkash ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b Drugs for Neglected Diseases Initiative DNDi   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2,4 DINITROPHENYLHYDRAZINE; AMODIAQUINE; AMODIAQUINE PLUS ARTESUNATE; ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; ARTEMETHER; ARTEMETHER PLUS BENFLUMETOL; ARTEMISININ DERIVATIVE; ARTESUNATE; ATOVAQUONE; BENFLUMETOL; DIHYDROARTEMISININ; DIHYDROARTEMISININ PLUS PIPERAQUINE; DOXYCYCLINE; DUOCORTEXCIN; EXCIPIENT; MEPACRINE; PRIMAQUINE; PYRONARIDINE; REAGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC CHLORIDE; ARTEMISININ; DRUG; ETHANOLAMINE DERIVATIVE; FLUORENE DERIVATIVE; SILICON DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG MIXTURE; DRUG QUALITY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALARIA; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY; VALIDATION PROCESS; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; DRUG COMBINATION; DRUG SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; TABLET;

ARTEMISIA ANNUA; ARTESUNATE;

ANIMALS; ANTIMALARIALS; ARTEMISININS; CHEMISTRY, PHARMACEUTICAL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CHROMATOGRAPHY, THIN LAYER; DRUG COMBINATIONS; DRUG EVALUATION, PRECLINICAL; ETHANOLAMINES; FLUORENES; MALARIA; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; REFERENCE STANDARDS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SILICON DIOXIDE; TABLETS;

EID: 70349639658     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0007270     Document Type: Article

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