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Table 3 Packing information, expiration date, and weight of different brands of albendazole

From: Quality of albendazole tablets legally circulating in the pharmaceutical market of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: physicochemical evaluation

Product

Label dose (strength) of API (mg/tablet)

Blisters x tablet

Expiration date

Weight mg (mean ± SD)

(n = 20)

RSD

Brand 1

2500

55 (11 × 5)

2018

5950 ± 116.20

1.95

300

60 (10 × 6)

2019

1980 ± 69.71

3.52a

Brand 2

2500

60 (15 × 4)

2019

6080 ± 55.75

0.91

Brand 3

2500

60 (12 × 5)

2020

4900 ± 201.53

4.11a

600

60 (5 × 12)

2020

4980 ± 43.02

0.86

Brand 4

600

55 (11 × 5)

2019

4880 ± 60.12

1.23

Brand 5

2500

60 (12 × 5)

2019

5870 ± 56.88

0.96

300

60 (10 × 6)

2019

1810 ± 36.63

2.02a

Brand 6

2500

60 (12 × 5)

2019

5730 ± 123.19

2.15a

300

55 (11 × 5)

2019

4830 ± 89.35

1.85

  1. aDid not meet the specification for uniformity of weight, API Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient, SD standard deviation, RSD Relative Standard Deviation