Volume 1, Issue 3

Mueen Ahmed KK

pp. 191 · DOI: 10.4103/0975-1483.57061

It is with great enthusiasm that I introduce the third issue of Journal of Young Pharmacists, which was ofÞ cially launched during June 2009 (both online and print) and received enormous response worldwide. We have recei…

Singh H

pp. 192–194 · DOI: 10.4103/0975-1483.57062

Ram Nath was born on August 17, 1882 at Gujranwala, Punjab. He had his early education at Jammu and Srinagar and collegiate studies at Government College, Lahore. He left for England in 1903 and enrolled himself in the D…

Singh C, Jain KA, Kumar C, Agarwal K

pp. 195–198 · DOI: 10.4103/0975-1483.57063

Mucoadhesive microcapsules of pioglitazone were prepared using sodium alginate as a shell forming polymer and Carbapol 974, HPMC, Sodium CMC as a mucoadhesive polymer for the potential use of treating acute and chronic d…

Chavda HV, Patel CN, Karen HD

pp. 199–204 · DOI: 10.4103/0975-1483.57064

The synthesis of superporous hydrogel composites (SPHCs) with various concentrations of chitosan as a composite material was carried out by solution polymerization. The characterization studies were performed by measurem…

Tamizharasi S, Dubey A, Rathi V, Rathi JC

pp. 205–209 · DOI: 10.4103/0975-1483.57065

In the present study, gliclazide-loaded niosomes are formulated and evaluated for their in vitro as well as in vivo characteristic in an attempt to improve the oral bioavailability of the drug. Formulation of niosomes wa…

Eidla Mikaelle Maciel do Nascimento, Fabíola Fernandes Galvão Rodrigues, Adriana Rolim Campos, José Galberto Martins da Costa

pp. 210–212 · DOI: 10.4103/0975-1483.57066

The present study has been designed with the objective to examine the ethanol extract of Mentha arvensis leaves, in order to evaluate its chemical composition, investigate its in vitro antimicrobial potential against str…

Panchal NM, Patel MB, Patel JV, Anand IS, Patel CN

pp. 213–219 · DOI: 10.4103/0975-1483.57067

Ischemia-reperfusion injury is a phenomenon whereby cellular damage in a hypoxic organ is accentuated following the restoration of oxygen delivery. Wistar rats of either sex (250-300 g) were treated for 15 days with alco…

Gambhire MN, Wankhede SS, Juvekar AR

pp. 220–224 · DOI: 10.4103/0975-1483.57068

Barleria cristata linn (family acanthaceae) has been used traditionally for the treatment of variety of diseases including anemia, toothache, and inß ammatory disorders. Due to lack of sufÞ cient scientiÞ c evidence indi…

Vyawahare NS, Pujari RR, Rajendran R, Khsirsagar AD, Ingawale DK, Patil MN

pp. 225–232 · DOI: 10.4103/0975-1483.57069

The present study deals with the investigation of the neurobehavioral effects of the methanolic extract of Phoenix dactylifera (PD) fruits, studied on locomotor activity, exploratory behavior, motor coordination, hot-pla…

Patel DK, Patel KA, Patel UK, Thounaojam MC, Jadeja RN, Ansarullah A, Padate GS, Salunke SP, Devkar RV, Ramachandran AV

pp. 233–238 · DOI: 10.4103/0975-1483.57070

This inventory scrutinizes the effect of methanolic extract of Sida rhomboidea.Roxb (SR) on high fat diet-induced hyperlipidemia in male Charles foster rats. The changes in body weight, food and water intake, feed efÞ ci…

Rathi SG, Suthar M, Patel P, Bhaskar VH, Rajgor NB

pp. 239–243 · DOI: 10.4103/0975-1483.57071

During the last few decades, chemo preventive and chemotherapeutic compounds against various types of cancer have been isolated from various plants. Glycyrrhezic acid (2-20%), Glycyrrhizin, is present as a major chemical…

Patel MB, Panchal SJ, Patel JA

pp. 244–250 · DOI: 10.4103/0975-1483.57072

The antianaphylactic activity of alcoholic extract of Eclipta alba with two different doses of 250 and 500 mg/kg was studied by using different animal models such as effect on mast cell degranulation using rat mesentery,…

Ganguly S, Prasanthi N

pp. 251–258 · DOI: 10.4103/0975-1483.57074

Human immunodeÞ ciency virus (HIV) is the causative agent of acquired immunodeÞ ciency syndrome (AIDS), a disease which has claimed twenty million lives worldwide in the last two decades. Recently imidazole derivatives, …

Vekariya NR, Patel MB, Patel GF, Dholakiya RB

pp. 259–263 · DOI: 10.4103/0975-1483.57076

A rapid, simple, and selective high performance thin layer chromatographic method was developed and validated for simultaneous estimation of telmisartan and amlodipine besylate in pharmaceutical dosage forms. The method …

Gupta Y, Shrivastava A, Duggal D, Patel A, Agrawal S

pp. 264–269 · DOI: 10.4103/0975-1483.57078

A new RP-HPLC method has been developed for the simultaneous estimation of nebivolol hydrochloride and hydrochlorothiazide in pharmaceutical dosage forms, using ultra violet (UV) detector. Elution was carried out using a…

Nagappa AN, Sam KG, Zarrin F, Saurabh H, Partha G, Pathak K

pp. 278–283 · DOI: 10.4103/0975-1483.57075

The patients and health care professionals worldwide depend largely on the internet for health care information due to its easy ubiquitous accessibility and economy, unlike the print media. The clinicians, health care pr…

Ameya H, Kumar A

pp. 284 · DOI: 10.4103/0975-1483.57073

Pacemaker activity of the heart involves interplay between several ionic currents that inß uence spontaneous diastolic depolarization of the sinoatrial node, including If current. The search for pure heart rate-lowering …