Analysis of Anti-Malarial Drug: Coartem 20/120

dc.contributor.author	Balgeman, Alexis
dc.date.accessioned	2011-04-19T14:45:13Z
dc.date.available	2011-04-19T14:45:13Z
dc.date.issued	2011-04-19T14:45:13Z
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/2092/1551
dc.description	Mentor: Dr. John Gitua	en_US
dc.description.abstract	Malaria is a mosquito –borne infectious disease of humans caused by the bite of a female anopheles mosquito. The disease is prevalent in tropical regions of the world mainly in sub-Saharan Africa, Asia and Latin America. Anti-malarial medications such as chloroquine, artemisinin, doxycycline, Metakelfin, Coartem 20/120 and other drugs are used to treat malarial infections. In this experiment the antimalarial drug, Coartem 20/120 was analyzed to identify the presence of the main active ingredients. The extraction of such ingredients was made using the appropriate solvents and gave a mixture of two components: Artemether and Lumefantrin which were further separated using the column chromatography. Characterization of such compounds involved the use of melting point determinations as well as infrared spectroscopy and gas chromatographic techniques.	en_US
dc.description.sponsorship	Drake University, College of Arts & Sciences, Department of Chemistry	en_US
dc.language.iso	en_US	en_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries	DUCURS 2011;30
dc.subject	Malaria--Drugs--Analysis	en_US
dc.subject	Antimalarials--Analysis	en_US
dc.title	Analysis of Anti-Malarial Drug: Coartem 20/120	en_US
dc.type	Presentation	en_US

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