Volume 48, Issue 1

2014 · pp. 1–74 · 10 articles

Volume: 48
Issue: 1
Published: 2014
Pages: 1–74
Articles: 10
Sections: 2
ISSN: Online - 0019-5464
Journal: IJPER

Pharmaceutical Education Pharmaceutical Research

In this issue

Pharmaceutical Education

Article
Accreditation of Pharmacy Institutions: Evaluation Criteria
S. B. Bhise and A. M. Deshpande
pp. 1–5 · DOI: 10.5530/ijper.48.1.1 · Published 2014
The background under which new accreditation norms have been revised, have been discussed earlier.1 In order to face the actual process of accreditation, one needs to know guidelines and operating procedures for accredit…
Article
Social Pharmacy as a Field of Study in Undergraduate Pharmacy Education
Jan Kostriba M.S., Abdullah Alwarafi Ph.D., Prof. Jiri Vlceka
pp. 6–12 · DOI: 10.5530/ijper.48.1.2 · Published 2014
Objective: To ascertain and compare the differences, extent and depth of education in Social Pharmacy and reveal international regional variations. To analyze Social Pharmacy education at different pharmaceutical faculti…
Article
An Innovative Course “The Comprehensive Experiments and Experimental Design of Basic Medicine”: A Case of Third Military Medical University in China
Qiong LI
pp. 13–16 · DOI: 10.5530/ijper.48.1.3 · Published 2014
An important goal of contemporary medical education is to cultivate and improve the comprehensive and innovative abilities of medical students. One significant way to fulfill this goal is to explore the course reform of …
Article
Exploring computer simulation to assess counseling skills amongst pharmacy undergraduates
Pereira D.V, Cavaco A.M
pp. 17–26 · DOI: 10.5530/ijper.48.1.4 · Published 2014
Pharmacists are considered medicine specialists referring to minor ailment treatment and self-medication counseling. Although increasingly important in pharmacy training, there are limited initiatives comprising the use …

Pharmaceutical Research

Article
Comparison of Conventional and Novel Extraction Techniques for the Extraction of Scopoletin from Convolvulus Pluricaulis
Dr. Pratima Tatke, Megha Rajan
pp. 27–31 · DOI: 10.5530/ijper.48.1.5 · Published 2014
Conventional extraction techniques like soxhlet extraction and reflux extraction and novel extraction techniques like Supercritical Fluid extraction (SFE), Ultrasonic Assisted Extraction (UAE) and microwave assisted extr…
Article
Effect of Pioglitazone, Quercetin, and Hydroxy Citric Acid on the Lipid Profile and Lipoproteins in Experimentally Induced Non-alcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH)
Surapaneni Krishna Mohan, Mallika Jainu
pp. 32–38 · DOI: 10.5530/ijper.48.1.6 · Published 2014
Background: Non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) is an emerging disease belonging to the non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) spectrum, which may progress to fibrosis and thereby to cirrhosis of the liver. Currently…
Article
The Chemopreventive Effect of Nigella Sativa on 1,2-dimethylhydrazine-induced Colon Tumor
Dadkhah A, Fatemi F, Malayeri M, Jahanbani A, Batebi F, Ghorbanpour Z
pp. 39–48 · DOI: 10.5530/ijper.48.1.7 · Published 2014
In this study, the chemopreventive efficacy of Nigella sativa seed powder as an important chemopreventive herb on the formation of colon tumor has been examined through measuring the levels of hepatic oxidative stress an…
Article
Fungal Biotransformation of Fenofibrate
M. Vidyavathi, B. Sarika, S. Varalakshmi
pp. 56–60 · DOI: 10.5530/ijper.48.1.9 · Published 2014
Screening studies were performed using eight fungal organisms for their potential to biotransform the drug fenofibrate to its active metabolite fenofibric acid. Among all fungi screened, only Aspergillus terreus shown an…
Article
Characterization of Bio-Active Nanoparticles – Bhasma an Indian Ayurvedic Drug
Raj Kumar Arya
pp. 61–68 · DOI: 10.5530/ijper.48.1.10 · Published 2014
Bhasmas are the multi elemental drugs derived from natural resources. Physicochemical analysis of various bhasmas supplied by different manufacturers has been reported. Particle size analysis has been done using dynamic …
Article
Development and Evaluation of Mucoadhesive Buccal Tablets of Ketorolac Tromethamine
Monica RP Rao, Priyanka Sadaphule
pp. 69–74 · DOI: 10.5530/ijper.48.1.11 · Published 2014
Buccal route offers excellent opportunities and potential advantages for systemic drug delivery as compared to per-oral administration. The objective of this study was to prepare mucoadhesive tablets of Ketorolac trometh…