Volume 8, Issue 2

26-12-2022 · pp. 16–34 · 4 articles

In this issue

Article
Comparative Pharmacology of Direct Oral Anticoagulants and Vitamin K Antagonist
Arun HS Kumar
pp. 16–23 · DOI: 10.5530/bems.8.2.5 · Published
Background:The prevalence of thrombus and use of anticoagulants is routine in clinical cardiology practice. Vitamin K antagonist (VKA) and/or Direct oral anticoagulants (DOAC) are used for resolution of the thrombus. Des…
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Pharmacological Targets of Asundexian Relevant to its Therapeutic Efficacy in Treating Cardiovascular Diseases
Arun HS Kumar Kumar
pp. 24–27 · DOI: 10.5530/bems.8.2.6 · Published
Background:Oral anticoagulant which don’t interfere with haemostasis physiology have potential application in management of acute cardiovascular events. Asundexian is once such oral anticoagulant, which is reported to be…
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PTPRC, KDM5C, GABBR1 and HDAC1 are the Major Targets of Valproic Acid in Regulation of its Anticonvulsant Pharmacological Effects
Arun HS Kumar
pp. 28–32 · DOI: 10.5530/bems.8.2.7 · Published
Background: Valproic acid (VPA) is a small molecule which is the 3rd most prescribed drug among anticonvulsant therapeutics. Understanding of the pharmacology of VPA targets will help optimally rationalise the therapeuti…

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Novel Referencing Style Based on DOI® for Digital Publications
Mueen Ahmed KK, Arun HS Kumar
pp. 33–34 · DOI: 10.5530/bems.8.2.8 · Published
The various formats of referencing styles adopted by different scholarly disciplines often leads to confusions, errors and lack of traceability of resources cited. To address these challenges we herewith propose a simple…