Volume 49, Issue 4

Chun Wai Mai, Ramadas Anitha, John Jeh Lung Tiong, Pei Kuan Lai, Mallikarjuna Rao Pichika, Alexander Irvine Gray

pp. 240–247 · DOI: 10.5530/ijper.49.4.1 · 2015

Background: The high employability of pharmacy graduates across various sectors such as in the community pharmacies and hospital settings, the pharmaceutical industries and academia has lent credence to the versatility o…

Fahmeeda Adib Azhari, Long Chiau Ming

pp. 248–257 · DOI: 10.5530/ijper.49.4.2 · 2015

Introduction: The term e-learning can be described as the usage of electronic devices along with or without the help of internet to conduct a learning environment where it can be beneficial for the student. Nowadays e-le…

Mohammed Tahir Ansari, Santibuana Abd Rahman, Vishal Bhagwan Badgujar, Farheen Sami, Mohd Syafiq Abdullah

pp. 258–265 · DOI: 10.5530/ijper.49.4.3 · 2015

Recently a surge has been witnessed in number of new academic pharmacy institution establishing concern with quality of graduates passing out. Survey has also established the poor understanding of the health education am…

Ramadan Mohmed Elkalmi, Abdul Kareem Mohmed Alshami, Akram Ahmad, Muhammad Umair Khan, Norny Syafinaz Ab Rahman, Ramez Mohmed Alkoudmani

pp. 266–271 · DOI: 10.5530/ijper.49.4.4 · 2015

Background: Student’s learning style preference is an important consideration for effective and high quality teaching and learning process. Different teaching approaches may not suit students’ preferences, hence, produci…

Irudayam Jayaraman, Mottaiachettiar Tamizhchelvan, Michael Antony Samy Amutha Gnana Arasi

pp. 272–281 · DOI: 10.5530/ijper.49.4.5 · 2015

Introduction: In pharmacy education, library use do appear independent contributions to desirable outcomes of the institution. Librarians’ role is also important to make students information literate. Objective: This obj…

Byoung-Joo Seo, Vivek Kumar Bajpai, Irfan Ahmad Rather, Yong-Ha Park

pp. 282–292 · DOI: 10.5530/ijper.49.4.6 · 2015

This study was aimed to partially purify the exopolysaccharide (EPS) from the culture of Lactobacillus plantarum YML009 using ethanol precipitation method with a yield of 260 mg/L. Analytical evaluationby Bradford and Ph…

Hanane Merine, Haouaria Merine*

pp. 301–308 · DOI: 10.5530/ijper.49.4.7 · 2015

Introduction: In order to control and modify the drug release, several types of devices were used to obtain a controlled release of the organic drug. A drug delivery system can be a matrix of polymer incorporating the ac…

Ganesh Sheshrao Bangale, Rajesh Kesarala, Gajanan Vishwambharao Shinde

pp. 304–319 · DOI: 10.5530/ijper.49.4.8 · 2015

Introduction: Cancer is a term used for diseases in which abnormal cells divide without control and are able to invade other tissues. Gemcitabine is new cytotoxic drug but some of limitations while its use likes it suppr…

Jagadevappa S Patil, Kusum Devi, Kshama Devi, Sarasija Suresh

pp. 320–328 · DOI: 10.5530/ijper.49.4.9 · 2015

Background: Lung administration of anti-biotics in the dry powder form is promising for improved treatment efficiency for pulmonary infections, as it increases drug concentration at sites of infection while minimizing sy…

Vishnu Priya Veeraraghavan, Surapaneni Krishna Mohan, Mallika Jainu, Venkipuram Seshadri, Chandra Sada Gopan

pp. 344–352 · DOI: 10.5530/ijper.49.4.11 · 2015

Background: The extract of Garcinia mangostana Linn., (GM) has demonstrated antioxidant, anti-tumoral, anti-allergic, anti-inflammatory, antibacterial and antiviral activities and is widely used as a therapeutic drug in …

Masood Shah Khan, Washim Khan, Manimaran Manickam, Raj kumar Tulsawani, Kshipra shipra Misra, Puran Singh Negi, Sayeed Ahmad

pp. 353–361 · DOI: 10.5530/ijper.49.4.12 · 2015

Background: Cordyceps sinensis, a comestible mushroom growing in Himalayan regions, is extensively familar in traditional system of medicine. The paper presents the results of quantification of some of the flavonoids and…