Volume 53, Issue 4

Ahmed A. Albarraq, Saad S. Alqahtani, Sarfaraz Ahmad, David Banji

pp. 569–576 · DOI: 10.5530/ijper.53.4.118 · 2019

Psoriasis is an auto-immune chronic inflammatory skin disease, which affects about 3.5% of the world’s population. Prevalence of psoriasis among children aged 0 to 18 years is 1% in the United State of America, 5.3% in e…

Swarnlata Saraf, Chanchal Deep Kaur, Anshita Gupta, Nikita Verma

pp. 577–594 · DOI: 10.5530/ijper.53.4.119 · 2019

Objective: To emphasize and summarize the main component of skin and approaches to target them. Methods: Skin targeting approaches in cosmetics is a review of all the relevant papers known to the author was conducted. Re…

Chun-Wai Mai, E-Lyn Lee, Pei-Se Wong, Hui-Meng Er

pp. 595–602 · DOI: 10.5530/ijper.53.4.120 · 2019

Background: With the exponential influence of technology on students’ learning, Computer-based Simulation Learning (CSL) has perceived to have great potential in enhancing the training of healthcare professionals includi…

Jamalum Purba, Manihar Situmorang, Ramlan Silaban

pp. 603–612 · DOI: 10.5530/ijper.53.4.121 · 2019

Background: The development of good learning resources in line with current technology to facilitate active learning has become a trend in education. An innovative learning material is believed to be able to motivate the…

Zhongbing Liu, Yan Lin, Zhirong Zhong

pp. 613–619 · DOI: 10.5530/ijper.53.4.122 · 2019

Objective: Pharmaceutical polymer materials science is a new discipline that integrates the fields of materials science, polymer chemistry, polymer physics and pharmaceutical preparation and it is an indispensable part o…

Ines Nunes-da-Cunha, Fernando Fernandez-Llimos

pp. 620–628 · DOI: 10.5530/ijper.53.4.123 · 2019

Background: Pharmacy curriculum must prepare students with the necessary competencies to respond to society health-related needs. Aim: This study aims to analyze the allocation of competencies that pharmacists should acq…

Zeinab Abdelrahman, Qi-Yue Zhang, Chang-Qing Yang

pp. 629–637 · DOI: 10.5530/ijper.53.4.124 · 2019

Background: Rapid development of the China economy has gradually increase the demand of the medical resources. To please this increasing demand for enhanced medical services, National Health Commission of the People’s Re…

Amit Banerji, Feroz Suri

pp. 638–648 · DOI: 10.5530/ijper.53.4.125 · 2019

R and D is necessary for growth of hi-tech sectors like pharmaceuticals and is aimed at boosting innovation. Innovation brings new products that could earn revenues to further boost R and D. Indian pharmaceutical industr…

Salfarina Ramli

pp. 649–653 · DOI: 10.5530/ijper.53.4.126 · 2019

Introduction: This study aims at introducing a modified tutorial activity as part of learning and teaching activity in pharmacology of antibiotic course and collecting student perceptions about this tutorial. Methods: A …

Ravi Sheshala, Ng Jun Ming, Yong Yee Kok, Thakur Raghu Raj Singh, Kamal Dua

pp. 654–662 · DOI: 10.5530/ijper.53.4.127 · 2019

Introduction: Topical delivery of eye drops which currently accounts to 90% of available ocular dosage forms are ideal for the treatment of eye diseases but having limitations of poor therapeutic response and low bioavai…

Muhammad Torequl Islam, Shamim Molla, Apu Kumar Das, Farhana Zaman, Md. Roich Khan

pp. 670–674 · DOI: 10.5530/ijper.53.4.129 · 2019

Background: Black seed oil and Phytol (PHY) are evident for their promising biological effects in various test systems. Aim: This study evaluates anti-atherothrombosis activity of Nigella sativa oil (NSO) and Phytol (PHY…

Dheeraj Kumar Sharma, Niraj Kumar Singh, Ahsas Goyal, Jeetendra Kumar Gupta, Harlokesh Narayan Yadav

pp. 675–681 · DOI: 10.5530/ijper.53.4.130 · 2019

Objective:“Feel good effect” of exercise is well known. Activation of pain inhibitory mechanisms after exercise is also well documented. Swimming is considered as a beneficial exercise as well as health-promoting sport. …

Aimi Nabila Mohamad Saufi, Nor Farrah Wahidah Ridzwan, Saharuddin Bin Mohamad, Saad Tayyab, Adyani Azizah Abd Halim

pp. 682–687 · DOI: 10.5530/ijper.53.4.131 · 2019

Background: To characterize the interaction between chlorambucil (CHB) and the carrier protein, bovine serum albumin (BSA) in order to understand the transport of this drug in blood circulation. Methods: Fluorescence que…

Akansha Sharma, Raj Kumar Tiwari, Vikas Sharma, Ravindra Kumar Pandey, Shiv Shankar Shukla

pp. 688–694 · DOI: 10.5530/ijper.53.4.132 · 2019

Objectives: Chaturmukha Rasa is aspecial, Ayurvedic mercurial preparation broadly used by local practitioners and traditional healers. This research is an endeavour to perform acute and chronic oral toxicity assessment o…

Gila Pirzad Jahromi, Hossein Khodadadi, Mahdi Fasihi-Ramandi, Mojdeh Esmaeili, Alireza Shahriary

pp. 695–702 · DOI: 10.5530/ijper.53.4.133 · 2019

Background: Parkinson’s disease is mainly specified by progressive and selective death of dopaminergic neurons. Crocus sativus L. (saffron) has been widely used to cure a diverse range of diseases in herbal medicine. Aim…

Sivakumar Ramalingam, Adithiya R, Anitha Joseph, Renuka Saravanan

pp. 703–709 · DOI: 10.5530/ijper.53.4.134 · 2019

The current study was aimed to study the anticancer potential of Ipomoea carnea towards Ehrlich ascites carcinoma (EAC) bearing mice. Ethanolic extract of Ipomoea carnea (leaves) was assessed for in vivo anticancer poten…

Xueyong Peng, Renqi Liu, Yao Zhu, Qiuping Xu, Jun Li

pp. 710–715 · DOI: 10.5530/ijper.53.4.135 · 2019

Background: Postoperative cognitive dysfunction is a complication associated with low quality of life in patients receiving major cardiac surgeries. Postoperative cognitive dysfunction due to inhaled anesthesia is not we…

Vijendra Kumar Suryawanshi, Suhas Narayan Sakarkar, Chanchal Deep Kaur, Khomendra Kumar Sarwa

pp. 716–723 · DOI: 10.5530/ijper.53.4.136 · 2019

Aim: The present investigation shows confirmatory evidence for the complex formation of Rosuvastatin with a fraction of Clarified Butter. Materials and Methods: Fractions of Clarified Butter prepared according to thermal…

Raghavendra Kumar Gunda, Arumugam Vijayalakshmi

pp. 724–732 · DOI: 10.5530/ijper.53.4.137 · 2019

Objective:The purpose of present research work is to develop gastro retentive formulation for Moxifloxacin using various drug release modifiers. Moxifloxacin, novel synthetic fluoro quinolone, antibacterial agent. Method…