Volume 50, Issue 3

Abdullahi Rabiu Abubakar, Mainul Haque

pp. 310–321 · DOI: 10.5530/ijper.50.3.1 · 2016

Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) is a hereditary material comprising of all the genetic information in humans and almost all other living creatures. It is made up of subunits called genes, which have four nucleotides. MicroRN…

Ah Rahm Han, MiHyun Gil, SeungJin Bae

pp. 322–329 · DOI: 10.5530/ijper.50.3.2 · 2016

Background: To expand the pharmacist’s role beyond dispensing prescription drugs in community pharmacies, a 6-year doctor of pharmacy (PharmD) programme was introduced in 2011 and replaced the traditional 4-year bachelor…

Edna Magdalena John, Chin Fen Neoh, Long Chiau Ming, Yet Hoi Hong, Yahaya Hassan

pp. 330–329 · DOI: 10.5530/ijper.50.3.3 · 2016

Objectives: To compare the learning style preferences among pharmacy students at different stages of academic course and to determine the demographic variables that significantly influence the learning style preferences …

Christine L. H. Tan, Vincent B. Y. Gan

pp. 335–343 · DOI: 10.5530/ijper.50.3.4 · 2016

Background: In a large natural experiment, Pharmacy Value Added Services (PVAS) was introduced by the Malaysian Pharmaceutical Services Division, Ministry of Health Malaysia to improve the delivery of pharmaceutical care…

Yun Jeong Lee

pp. 344–351 · DOI: 10.5530/ijper.50.3.5 · 2016

Introduction: This study was designed to identify the characteristics and career plans of Korean international students and graduates of the PharmD program in the United States. Methods: A questionnaire was administered …

Young-Mo Yang, Eun Jeong, Eun Joo Choi

pp. 352–359 · DOI: 10.5530/ijper.50.3.6 · 2016

Background: Participation in a medical volunteer work positively affects some of the beliefs and perceptions of pharmacy students. However, the volunteer activities by pharmacy students have been rarely performed and stu…

Uday Venkat Mateti, Jasmine Ummer, Subramanyam Kodangala

pp. 360–367 · DOI: 10.5530/ijper.50.3.7 · 2016

Objectives: To assess the impact of clinical pharmacist counselling and education on Quality of Life (QoL) of patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS). Methodology: A prospective interventional study was conducted for…

Jie Wei, Guokun Zhang, Xiao Zhang, Jun gao, Jungang Fan, Zhiquan Zhou

pp. 368–375 · DOI: 10.5530/ijper.50.3.8 · 2016

The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of Aornia melanocarpa anthocyanin (AMA) on symptoms of metabolic syndrome in obese mouse. AMA can reduce weight. Blood glucose and lipid metabolism were significantly …

Inayatullah Bhatti, Saira Inayat, Bushra Uzair, Farid Menaa, Sattar Bakhsh, Haroon Khan, Falak Naz, Barkat Ali Khan

pp. 376–384 · DOI: 10.5530/ijper.50.3.9 · 2016

Background: Hyper lipidemia refers to the excess of lipids in the blood of patients. The present study was carried out to investigate the effect of Nigella sativa (kalonji) and honey as compared with Atorvastatin on the …

Pravin Shantaram Uttekar, Akshata Malhari Kulkarni, Pravinkumar Namdeorao Sable, Praveen Digambar Chaudhari

pp. 385–390 · DOI: 10.5530/ijper.50.3.10 · 2016

The present study is an approach to describe the increased antifungal efficacy of Nystatin by conjugation with functionalized multi-walled carbon nano tubes. Functionalized Multi-walled carbon nano tubes are acts as nano…

Dilpesh Jain, Preeti Bavage, Akansha Sable, Mitali Gokhale

pp. 391–396 · DOI: 10.5530/ijper.50.3.11 · 2016

Progesterone imbalance modulates lipids and fats metabolism leading to obesity. Polyherbal formulation, Fattolin is currently being used in the treatment of obesity but not reported scientifically. Thus the present study…

Wenhui Fan, Ying Qian, Jun Wang, Xiliang Yang, Tong Gui, Bingshu He

pp. 397–402 · DOI: 10.5530/ijper.50.3.12 · 2016

Our previous study showed that Semen sojae germinatum (SSG), a soy-derived Chinese medicinal material, have potential benefits for knee osteoarthritis (OA). This study was undertaken to identify the major effective sub-f…

Thota Anusha, Thota Prasad, Valluri Asha Ranjani, Sahu Puranlal, Kumar Robin, Singh Gyanendra Nath

pp. 403–408 · DOI: 10.5530/ijper.50.3.13 · 2016

Objective: The objective of this study is to validate a simple, precise, and accurate isocratic reverse phase high performance liquid chromatography (RP-HPLC) method for estimation of nicoumalone in bulk and tablet dosag…

Hemant Arunrao Sawarkar, Pranita P Kashyap, Chanchal Deep Kaur, Ajit Kumar Pandey, Deepak Kumar Biswas, Mukesh Kumar Singh, Hemant Kumar Dhongade

pp. 409–417 · DOI: 10.5530/ijper.50.3.14 · 2016

Background: Leaf juice as well as leaves of Barleria prionitis Linn and Barleria grandiflora Dalz (Acanthaceae) is used by rural people across various regions of India in treatment of oral ailments such as dental trouble…

Meenu Mehta, Saurabh Satija, Munish Garg

pp. 418–423 · DOI: 10.5530/ijper.50.3.15 · 2016

Objective: Boswellic acids (BAs) are active constituents of plant Boswellia serrata. In the present study boswellic acids were extracted from Boswellia serrata and dry methanolic extracts were quantified by HPLC and HPTL…

Ritchu Sethi, Sandeep Arora, Deepika Saini, Sandeep Jain

pp. 424–434 · DOI: 10.5530/ijper.50.3.16 · 2016

N-benzimidazol-1-yl-methyl-benzamide derivatives (3a-3x) were synthesized by Mannich reaction and evaluated for in vitro antimicrobial activity against Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Bacillus subtilis, Staphyl…

Ravi Mundugaru, Sunil Kumar Koppala Narayana, Shrinidhi R Ballal, Jacob Thomas, Rajakrishnan R

pp. 435–442 · DOI: 10.5530/ijper.50.3.17 · 2016

Aluminium chloride (AlCl3 ) is a known potent environmental neurotoxin causing progressive neurodegenerative changes in brain. The present study was aimed to evaluate the neuroprotective activity of aqueous extract of fr…

Saumen Karan, Rajib Pal, Biswajit Ruhidas, Saswata Banerjee, Tapan Kumar Chatterjee

pp. 442–450 · DOI: 10.5530/ijper.50.3.18 · 2016

Aim: The purpose of this study was to determine the pharmacokinetic parameters of ibuprofen (IBP) in rabbits following administration of the drug-loaded interpenetrating network (IPN) beads and to compare the bioavailabi…

Amey R. Shirolkar, Rajesh Dabur

pp. 451–457 · DOI: 10.5530/ijper.50.3.19 · 2016

Objective: Tinospora cordifolia (Willd.) Miers juice (TCJ) is known for its anti-hyperlipidemic properties. This study was aimed to validate the efficacy of TCJ to activate PPARα in vivo in hyperlipidemic (HPL) patients.…

Vivek Kumar Bajpai, Irfan Ahmad Rather, Sun Chul Kang, Yong-Ha Park

pp. 458–465 · DOI: 10.5530/ijper.50.3.20 · 2016

Background: The ubiquitin-proteasome pathway plays an important role in selective protein degradation and regulates multiple cellular processes, including cell cycle progression, proliferation and apoptosis. Cancer cells…