Volume 48, Issue 4

Satish B Bhise, Adwait M Deshpande

pp. 1–5 · DOI: 10.5530/ijper.48.4.1 · 2014

Background of accreditation and evaluation criteria have been discussed in the earlier two articles of this series. Design of the curriculum and its implementation is the core issue related to accreditation. Current arti…

Akram Ahmad, Muhammad Umair Khan, Anantha Naik Nagappa, Isha Patel

pp. 6–10 · DOI: 10.5530/ijper.48.4.2 · 2014

In India, PharmD program started in the year 2008 with the aim of increasing the scope of pharmacy to meet the current health care needs.1,2 At present, the Pharmacy council of India (PCI) has approved 160 pharmacy schoo…

Gazi Mahabubul Alama, Abul Quasem Al-Aminb

pp. 11–21 · DOI: 10.5530/ijper.48.4.3 · 2014

Objectives: To explore the avenues in order provide a better strategic action plan that may help the Pharmacy Education to contribute for both public and private benefits. Methods: This paper adopts a qualitative researc…

Stojkov Svetlana, Tadic Ivana, Crnjanski Tatjana, Krajnovic Duskana, Bates Ian

pp. 22–30 · DOI: 10.5530/ijper.48.4.4 · 2014

The General Level Framework (GLF) document provides a model to be used in evaluating and upgrading of pharmacists’ competences currently used in many countries. This study has several Objectives: To show the adaptation p…

Sunanda BPV, Latha K, Rammohan B, Uma Maheswari MS, Surapaneni Krishna Mohan

pp. 31–34 · DOI: 10.5530/ijper.48.4.5 · 2014

Objective: This study was conducted to show Neuroprotective effect of aqueous extract of Centella asiatica in scopolamine induced cognitive impairment in mice. The improvement of cognitive impairment with Centella asiati…

Surendran Vijayaraj, Bayupureddy Omshanthi, Sriram Anitha, Kokilam Perumal Sampath Kumar

pp. 35–44 · DOI: 10.5530/ijper.48.4.6 · 2014

Background of the work:Famotidine, a H2 receptor antagonist is the drug of choice to treat ulcers in stomach (gastric and duodenal), erosive esophagitis (heartburn or acid indigestion) and gastroesophageal reflux disease…

Mahesh Attimarad, Sree Harsha Nagaraja, Bandar E Aldhubaib, Anroop Nair, Venugopala K N

pp. 45–53 · DOI: 10.5530/ijper.48.4.7 · 2014

Objective: A simple, rapid and validated liquid chromatographic method has been developed for the simultaneous determination of three novel Gliptins namely Vildagliptin (VLD), Sitagliptin (SIT) and Linagliptin (LIN) in t…

Suresh P S, Ramesh Mullangi, S Sathesh Kumar

pp. 54–65 · DOI: 10.5530/ijper.48.4.8 · 2014

Background: A rapid and highly sensitive assay method has been developed and validated for the estimation of memantine (MEM) in rat plasma using liquid chromatography coupled to tandem mass spectrometry with electro spra…

Sharwaree Hardikar, A V Bhosale, R N Budhawant

pp. 66–73 · DOI: 10.5530/ijper.48.4.9 · 2014

Background: In vivo In vitro correlation (IVIVC) development and its validation is an extremely important phase of dosage form (new as well as generic) optimization. It is a liaison (preferentially linear) between a suit…