Quality assessment of three imidazole antiparasitics (albendazole, mebendazole and metronidazole) sold in Benin

Loconon Achille Yemoa¹, Jacob Bonou^2,3, Ahmed Amoussa^1,2, Hélène Ahouandjinou^2,3, Roland Marini Djang’eing’a⁴ and Farid Baba-moussa^2,3¬

¹Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry and Drug Analysis (LCAM), Faculty of Health Sciences (FSS), University of Abomey-Calavi, Champ de Foire, Cotonou, Benin.

²National Laboratory of Quality Control of Medicines and Medical Consumables (LNCQ), Ministry of Health, 06 BP 139 Cotonou, Benin.

³Laboratory of Microbiology and Food Technology (LAMITA), Faculty of Sciences and Technics, University of Abomey-Calavi, Institute of Applied Biomedical Sciences (ISBA), Champ de Foire, Cotonou, Benin.

⁴Laboratory of Analytical Pharmaceutical Chemistry, CIRM, Department of Pharmacy, Liege University, Quartier Hôpital, Av. Hippocrate 15, B36, B-4000 Liège, Belgium.