Volume 1, Issue 2

The national essential medicines list of India: Time to revise and purge the mistakes

Gitanjali B

pp. 73–74 · DOI: 10.4103/0976-500X.72346 · Published 2010

The World Health Organization (WHO) revises the model essential medicines list (EML) every two years. A visibly transparent and difficult process which is done by a team of experts who critically analyze the available ev…

A critical look at the national essential medicines list of India 2003

Manikandan S

pp. 75–77 · DOI: 10.4103/0976-500X.72347 · Published 2010

Role of cinnarizine and nifedipine on anticonvulsant effect of sodium valproate and carbamazepine in maximal electroshock and pentylenetetrazole model of seizures in mice

Ranjana I. Brahmane, Vikrant V. Wanmali, Swanand S. Pathak, Kartik J. Salwe

pp. 78–81 · DOI: 10.4103/0976-500X.72348 · Published 2010

Objective: To study the effect of calcium channel blockers (CCBs) cinnarizine and nifedipine on maximal electroshock (MES)-induced and pentylenetetrazole (PTZ)-induced convulsions and also their effect in combination wit…

Efficacy, safety and cost-effectiveness of insulin sensitizers as add-on therapy in metabolic syndrome in patients with secondary sulfonylurea failure: A comparative study

Rajiv Mahajan, Anita Gupta, Rajinder Singh Gupta, Kapil Gupta

pp. 82–86 · DOI: 10.4103/0976-500X.72349 · Published 2010

Objectives: Prevalence of metabolic syndrome (MS) is ~25% and it is currently becoming prevalent in children also. India is estimated to have the maximum number of patients of MS in the world. As insulin resistance is an…

Blood sample collection in small laboratory animals

Parasuraman S, Raveendran R, Kesavan R

pp. 87–88 · DOI: 10.4103/0976-500X.72350 · Published 2010

Collection of blood from small laboratory animals is necessary for a wide range of scientific research and there are a number of efficient methods available for that. It is important that blood sample collection from exp…

Improving bioscience research reporting: The ARRIVE guidelines for reporting animal research

Carol Kilkenny, William J. Browne, Innes C. Cuthill, Michael Emerson, Douglas G. Altman

pp. 94–95 · DOI: 10.4103/0976-500X.72351 · Published 2010

CONSORT 2010 statement: Updated guidelines for reporting parallel group randomised trials

Kenneth F. Schulz, Douglas G. Altman, David Moher

pp. 100–101 · DOI: 10.4103/0976-500X.72352 · Published 2010

Mahatma Gandhi–Doerenkamp Center for Alternatives to Use of Animals in Life Science Education

Mohammad Abdulkader Akbarsha, Shiranee Pereira

pp. 108–110 · DOI: 10.4103/0976-500X.72353 · Published 2010

Late Professor P N Saxena: A teacher of excellence

Syed Ziaur Rahman, Rahat Ali Khan

pp. 111–112 · DOI: 10.4103/0976-500X.72355 · Published 2010

Aspartame: Sweetener with anti-inflammatory potential?

Sapna Pradhan, U. H. Shah, A. G. Mathur, S. Sharma

pp. 113–114 · DOI: 10.4103/0976-500X.72357 · Published 2010

This observational report prompted us to review the literature on the biological effects of aspartame. Since there were only two studies reporting the anti-inflamatory effects of aspartame, it was considered worthwhile t…

Intern doctors’ feedback on teaching methodologies in pharmacology

Jaykaran Jaykaran, Nilesh Chavda, Preeti Yadav, N. D. Kantharia

pp. 114–116 · DOI: 10.4103/0976-500X.72359 · Published 2010

Comparison of anti-inflammatory activity of serratiopeptidase and diclofenac in albino rats

Shilpa P. Jadav, Nilesh H. Patel, Tarang G. Shah, Maganlal V. Gajera, Hiren R. Trivedi, Bharat K. Shah

pp. 116–117 · DOI: 10.4103/0976-500X.72362 · Published 2010

Valethamate bromide: Conflicting evidence and continuing use

Thirunavukkarasu Babu, Vijayan Sharmila

pp. 120–121 · DOI: 10.4103/0976-500X.72365 · Published 2010

Agomelatine: A novel melatonergic antidepressant Manikandan S Assistant Editor, JPP Molecules of the Millennium

Manikandan S

pp. 122–123 · DOI: 10.4103/0976-500X.72369 · Published 2010

Committee on publication ethics

Jatinder Singh

pp. 124–125 · DOI: 10.4103/0976-500X.72371 · Published 2010

Data transformation

Manikandan S

pp. 126–127 · DOI: 10.4103/0976-500X.72373 · Published 2010

Preparing the data facilitates statistical analysis and this includes data checking, computing-derived data from the original values, statistically adjusting for outliers and data transformation. The initial three method…

Microneedles for painless immunization

Sivagnanam G

pp. 128–130 · DOI: · Published 2010