Volume 54, Issue 4

Narendra Vyas, Ankur Joshi, Sapna Malviya, Anil Kharia

pp. 835–842 · DOI: 10.5530/ijper.54.4.175 · 2020

India, which is called the “world of pharmacy” for being a top supplier of medicines in several countries, can depend on other countries for Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (API) and other raw materials. Although India…

Nagalakshmi Sethuraman

pp. 843–846 · DOI: 10.5530/ijper.54.4.176 · 2020

Artificial Intelligence is a branch of engineering that specializes in developing intelligent machines. The utilization of artificial intelligence in pharmaceutical technology has elevated over the years. Over the beyond…

Mohd Sajad, Mofieed Ahmed, Sonu Chand Thakur

pp. 847–857 · DOI: 10.5530/ijper.54.4.177 · 2020

In Wuhan City, the province of Hubei, China, there appeared an unusual epidemic of pneumonia of uncertain ethology in December 2019. A novel coronavirus was identified by the World Health Organisation (WHO) as the trigge…

Krishnamoorthy Bhakyashree, Krishnan Kannabiran

pp. 858–864 · DOI: 10.5530/ijper.54.4.178 · 2020

Many compounds produced by marine microbes possess significant pharmaceutical applications. Actinobacteria are one among the microbes producing a variety of antibiotics. Apart from antibiotics, it also produces many nove…

Ronan Batista

pp. 865–874 · DOI: 10.5530/ijper.54.4.179 · 2020

The severe acute respiratory syndrome caused by the new coronavirus SARS-Cov-2 (COVID-19) has quickly turned into a pandemic, infecting more than 10 million people and causing more than 500,000 deaths worldwide. The abse…

Magdalena Cerbin-Koczorowska, Piotr Przymuszała, Magdalena Waszyk- Nowaczyk, Beata Plewka, Ryszard Marciniak

pp. 875–880 · DOI: 10.5530/ijper.54.4.180 · 2020

Background: Changing societal expectations towards pharmacy graduates and increased focus on communication skills, interprofessional collaboration and pharmaceutical care in their curricula, point out necessity of using …

Zarzuelo Maria Jose, Valverde-Merino Maria-Isabel, Fernandez-Rodriguez Maria, Amador-Fernandez Noelia, Martinez-Martinez Fernando

pp. 881–887 · DOI: 10.5530/ijper.54.4.181 · 2020

Objectives: Pharmaceutical Care is a subject within the Pharmacy degree that can not only be taught using theoretical frameworks but also requires new teaching tools, like a simulated educational video. The objective of …

Haibo Yan, Haibo Zhou, Sha Li, Kaihe Ye, Yunlu Jiang, Pinghua Sun

pp. 888–895 · DOI: 10.5530/ijper.54.4.182 · 2020

Background: The disjointed problem of pharmacy education training and research in the pharmaceutical industry has become increasingly prominent, restricting the "professional idea or competency transfusion" ability from …

Tauro Savita J, Dhokchawle Bharat V, Barchha Avinash B, Jain Meeta N

pp. 896–904 · DOI: 10.5530/ijper.54.4.183 · 2020

Current global scenario demands outcome based education to develop graduates with universal acceptability. Program Outcomes (POs) laid by NBA (Table 1) are the assessable components indicative of graduate potential to de…

Manihar Situmorang, Jamalum Purba, Ramlan Silaban

pp. 905–914 · DOI: 10.5530/ijper.54.4.184 · 2020

Background: The provision of suitable and comprehensive learning resources concedes to be an effective strategy to create a serviceable learning process to achieve the competencies needed by students. Objectives: This re…

Kanong Ruttanokorn, Paiboon Nuntanakorn, Sarayut Janmahasatian, Theerasak Rojanarata

pp. 915–920 · DOI: 10.5530/ijper.54.4.185 · 2020

Objectives: The aim of this work was to enable students to set up and organize for themselves online review activities after class. Materials and Methods: Students worked as groups to create short notes and quizzes that …

Gurpreet Singh, Shilpa Shilpa, Waseem Ali, Amita Sarwal

pp. 921–934 · DOI: 10.5530/ijper.54.4.186 · 2020

Objectives: The purpose of this work was to design and evaluate bio adhesive films for effective treatment against vaginal candidiasis. Fluconazole, a bis tri-azole agent inhibits ergosterol synthesis leading to the disr…

Purushottam Gangane, Pravin Kawtikwar

pp. 935–945 · DOI: 10.5530/ijper.54.4.187 · 2020

Objectives: The aim of present study was the formulation of donepezil hydrochloride loaded polymeric mucoadhesive microspheres for delivery via nasal route to increase the residence time and absorption of drug from the n…

Olga Popovska, Jana Simonovska, Zoran Kavrakovski, Vesna Rafajlovska

pp. 946–953 · DOI: 10.5530/ijper.54.4.188 · 2020

Introduction: Ketoconazole as antimycotic drug have a great impact in the treatment of many skin diseases. The toxicity of available ketoconazole in form of tablets, cream and shampoo is overcome by encapsulation in lipo…

Anand Panchaxari Gadad, Archana Sidagouda Patil, Yashica Singh, Panchaxari Mallappa Dandagi, Uday Baburao Bolmal, Ananya Basu

pp. 954–962 · DOI: 10.5530/ijper.54.4.189 · 2020

Background: Flurbiprofen is prescribed for the symptomatic management of arthritis. Its oral administration leads to gastrointestinal damage and it has a short elimination halflife requiring multiple dosing. Transdermal …

Anita Prahladbhai Patel, Jayvadan K. Patel

pp. 963–970 · DOI: 10.5530/ijper.54.4.190 · 2020

Introduction: Tenofovir disoproxil fumarate is an anti-retroviral medicine which belongs to microbicides class being formulated for a woman instigated technique of prevention of the human immunodeficiency virus infection…

Keshav Bansal, Meenakshi Bajpai

pp. 971–982 · DOI: 10.5530/ijper.54.4.191 · 2020

Objectives: The present study is aimed to isolate, evaluate the mucilage obtained from the leaves of Kachnar (Phanera variegata) and to compare the binding efficacy of the isolated mucilage with acacia gum. Methods: Extr…

Hagalavadi Nanjappa Shivakumar, Vanita Somasekhar, Anwesha Roy

pp. 983–990 · DOI: 10.5530/ijper.54.4.192 · 2020

Aim: The current work contemplates formulation of spherical agglomerates of Etoricoxib, with a view to improve the flow properties, solubility and dissolution rate. Materials and Methods: Spherical agglomerates of etoric…

Harsh Verma, Ravindra Kumar Pandey, Shiv Shankar Shukla, Bina Gidwani, Amber Vyas

pp. 991–998 · DOI: 10.5530/ijper.54.4.193 · 2020

Background/Aim: Albendazole is a drug with benzimidazole nucleus and is poorly absorbed from the gastrointestinal tract due to its low aqueous solubility. The objective of present work was to study the effect of two phyt…

Afzal Haq Asif, Prem Kumar Nanjundan, Girish Meravanige Basavarajappa, Nagaraja Sreeharsha, Uma Chandur, Teeka Srinivasasetty Roopashree

pp. 999–1006 · DOI: 10.5530/ijper.54.4.173 · 2020

Purpose: Fatigue, a physical and/or mental exhaustion is a common symptom of diabetes. Easy fatigability is not limited to uncontrolled diabetes however is comorbid with psychological, medical, metabolic, and chronic com…