Author(s)

Lucien Murhula Namegabe^1*, Mireille Tumusifu Kadhesi⁴, Pacifique Murhula Hamuli^3,4, Aladdin Ombeni Mahano², Paul Brioen⁴

¹Department of galenic Pharmacy, Official University of Bukavu, Bukavu, DRC.
²Analytical Chemistry and Food Sciences Laboratory, Official University of Bukavu, Bukavu, DRC.
³Medicinal Plant Research and Drug Development at PAU-UI, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria.
⁴Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Official University of Bukavu, Bukavu, DRC.

The present study focuses on the quality control of quinine in the compressed pharmaceutical forms circulating in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. The analyses performed on the collected samples included disintegration of the tablets, identification of quinine in the formulations by color reaction methods and thin-layer chromatography. The quantitative analysis was performed by spectrophotometric and volumetric methods. The most significantly observed findings were abnormalities of release; underdosing, overdosing and absence of the active ingredient, Which brings us to the conclusion that more than 30% of the samples analyzed are of inferior quality and adulterated.

Quality-Control Quinine Tablets

Namegabe, L. , Kadhesi, M. , Hamuli, P. , Mahano, A. and Brioen, P. (2019) Quality Control of Quinine in Pharmaceutical Forms Tablets Find East of the Democratic Republic of Congo. American Journal of Analytical Chemistry, 10, 415-422. doi: 10.4236/ajac.2019.109029.