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Table 2 Sibutramine quantities

From: Study on health hazards through medicines purchased on the Internet: a cross-sectional investigation of the quality of anti-obesity medicines containing crude drugs as active ingredients

Product number

Type of dosage form

Quantity (mg/unit)

Authenticity

Reason

1

Soft capsule

11.48 ± 0.61

Falsified (suspected)

Mislabeled

2

Soft capsule

13.43 ± 0.81

Falsified (suspected)

Mislabeled

3

Soft capsule

10.18 ± 1.63

Falsified (suspected)

Mislabeled

4

Soft capsule

10.85 ± 0.25

Falsified (suspected)

Mislabeled

5

Soft capsule

13.13 ± 0.41

Falsified (suspected)

Mislabeled

6

Soft capsule

6.26 ± 2.14

Falsified (suspected)

Mislabeled

7

Soft capsule

10.19 ± 8.52

Falsified (suspected)

Mislabeled

8

Hard capsule

25.85 ± 1.43

Falsified (suspected)

Mislabeled

9

Hard capsule

15.53 ± 1.91

Falsified (suspected)

Mislabeled

10

Hard capsule

10.03 ± 0.97

Falsified (suspected)

Mislabeled

11

Hard capsule

9.67 ± 0.41

Falsified (suspected)

Mislabeled

12

Hard capsule

12.82 ± 1.02

Falsified (suspected)

Mislabeled

13

Hard capsule

11.38 ± 0.17

Falsified (suspected)

Mislabeled

14

Sugarcoated tablet

Not detected

Genuine

The manufacturer did not or provide results of chemical analyses

15

Soft capsule

Not tested because of an insufficient number of capsules

Unknown

 
  1. The quantity of sibutramine is represented as the mean ± SD (n = 3)