Research Article

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

Table 1

Maximum wavelength and corresponding absorbance for a dose of liquid and dried powder of the herbal antimalarials.

Sample usedMaximum wavelength of absorption (nm)Absorbance

Liquid Agbeve pevah3000.84 ± 0.03
Dried Agbeve pevah powder3000.84 ± 0.01
Liquid Masada mixture2800.79 ± 0.02
Dried powder of Masada mixture2800.79 ± 0.02
Liquid Time mixture2800.82 ± 0.03
Dried powder of Time mixture2800.82 ± 0.02
Liquid Givers mixture3000.80 ± 0.04
Dried powder of Givers mixture3000.80 ± 0.03
Liquid Rooter mixture3200.82 ± 0.01
Dried powder of Rooter mixture3200.82 ± 0.02