Formulation and In Vitro Evaluation of Oral Capsules from Liquid Herbal Antimalarials Marketed in Ghana

Figure 3

A pie chart showing reasons given by respondents (n = 150) for not preferring liquid preparations. 50% of the respondents in the Ningo Prampram district indicated that they had difficulty in handling and carrying the liquid preparations and hence they did not prefer this dosage form. 35% of the respondents also indicated that the bitter taste of the liquid preparations deterred them from choosing liquid preparations, while 15% indicated that they did not prefer the liquid preparations because of difficulty in obtaining an accurate dose.