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ArticleTheScientificWorldJournal2021

Comparative Quality Evaluation of Selected Brands of Cefuroxime Axetil Tablets Marketed in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana.

Christina Osei-Asare, Esther Eshun Oppong, Frederick William Akuffo Owusu, John Antwi Apenteng, Yvonne Ochesinda Alatu, Robert Sarpong

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Article in TheScientificWorldJournal, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. Development and In Vitro Evaluation of Oral Capsules fromAdvances in pharmacological and pharmaceutical sciences · 2022
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Christina Osei-AsareDepartment of Pharmaceutics, School of Pharmacy, Central University, Miotso, Ghana.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6343-7889
Esther Eshun OppongDepartment of Pharmaceutics, School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana.
Frederick William Akuffo OwusuDepartment of Pharmaceutics, Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2674-6217
John Antwi ApentengDepartment of Pharmaceutics, School of Pharmacy, Central University, Miotso, Ghana.
Yvonne Ochesinda AlatuDepartment of Pharmaceutics, School of Pharmacy, Central University, Miotso, Ghana.
Robert SarpongDepartment of Pharmaceutics, School of Pharmacy, Central University, Miotso, Ghana.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The ever-growing commercialization of poor-quality and substandard medicines, especially anti-infectives characterized by inadequate postmarket surveillance by stakeholders remains a major global health challenge, particularly in developing countries, where antibiotic drug resistance and its repercussions on human health remain dominant. This research sought to evaluate the pharmaceutical quality of six randomly selected brands of cefuroxime axetil tablets (250 mg) marketed in the Greater Accra region of Ghana. The selected brands were coded and subjected to both compendial and noncompendial tests. Statistical analysis and model-independent parameter (similarity factor,

Indexed as

Anti-Bacterial AgentsCefuroximeCounterfeit DrugsDrug StorageGhanaQuality ControlTabletsAnti-Bacterial AgentsCefuroximecefuroxime axetilCounterfeit DrugsTablets

Identifiers

PMID33927582
PMCPMC8049799

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