Volume 2, Issue 1

Mueen Ahmed KK

pp. 1–2 · DOI: 10.4103/0975-1483.62204

Six months, four issues, processed 231 manuscripts, indexed and abstracted in more than 18 databases and many more. Journal of Young Pharmacists (JYP) (an addendum to InPharm Communiqué) is an official quarterly Journal …

Javed Ali

pp. 3–6 · DOI: javedaali@yahoo.com

Research studies performed in the field of pharmaceutical sciences are often attempted to be converted into published manuscripts. A research manuscript published in a national or international journal of repute is essen…

Rajkumar Malayandi, Bhise SB

pp. 7–17 · DOI: DOI: 10.4103/0975-1483.62206

The present investigation is aimed to prepare the porous microspheres of carbamazepine using eudragit as release retardant, compritol as core forming agent, and HPMC as re-crystallization inhibitor for short-term sustain…

Jeevanandham S, Sekar M, Dhachinamoorthi D, Muthukumaran M, Sriram N, Joysaruby J

pp. 15–20 · DOI: 10.4103/0975-1483.62207

This study examines the sustained release behavior of both water-soluble (acetaminophen, caffeine, theophylline and salicylic acid) and water-insoluble (indomethacin) drugs from Leucaena leucocephala seed Gum isolated fr…

Soni T, Chotai N

pp. 21–26 · DOI: 10.4103/0975-1483.62208

Statistical comparison of dissolution profiles under a variety of conditions relating to formulation characteristics, lot-to-lot, and brand-to-brand variation attracts interest of pharmaceutical scientist. The objective …

Shailesh TP, Vipul PD, Girishbhai JK, Manish CJ

pp. 27–34 · DOI: 10.4103/0975-1483.62209

The aim of the present investigation was to develop sustained release ethylcellulose-coated egg albumin microspheres of diltiazem hydrochloride (DH) to improve patient compliance. The microspheres were prepared by the w/…

Prasanna Phutane, Shidhaye S, Lotlikar V, Ghule A, Sutar S, Kadam V

pp. 35–41 · DOI: 10.4103/0975-1483.62210

The objective of the current investigation is to reduce dosing frequency and improve patient compliance by designing and systematically evaluating sustained release microspheres of Glipizide. An anti-diabetic drug, Glipi…

Barreto FS, Sousa EO, Campos AR, José Galberto Martins da Costa, Rodrigues FFG

pp. 42–44 · DOI: 10.4103/0975-1483.62211

The use of medicinal plants with therapeutics properties represents a secular tradition in different cultures, mainly in underdeveloped countries. Lantana camara Linn and Lantana montevidensis Briq (Verbenaceae) found in…

Pawar CR, Surana SJ

pp. 45–49 · DOI: 10.4103/0975-1483.62212

The antioxidant activities of the methanol extracts from the wood and pericarp of Caesalpinia decapetala (Roth) Alston (Caesalpiniaceae) were assessed in efforts to validate the herb. The antioxidant activity of the plan…

Apu AS, Muhit MA, Tareq SM, Pathan AH, Jamaluddin ATM, Ahmed M

pp. 50–53 · DOI: 10.4103/0975-1483.62213

The crude methanolic extract of Dillenia indica Linn. (Dilleniaceae) leaves has been investigated for the evaluation of antimicrobial and cytotoxic activities. Organic solvent (n-hexane, carbon tetrachloride and chlorofo…

Patel MB, Patel MA, Shah GB

pp. 54–58 · DOI: 10.4103/0975-1483.62214

The present study was undertaken to study the role of PAR-2 receptor activation in pathophysiology of intestinal inflammation. Inflammatory bowel disease was induced in Wistar albino rats by intrarectal administration of…

Hasamnis AA, Mohanty BK, Muralikrishna M, Patil S

pp. 59–62 · DOI: 10.4103/0975-1483.62215

Objectives:Wound healing is a significant healthcare problem in today’s medical practice. Despite extensive treatment modalities that are supposed to hasten the wound healing process, the outcomes of existing methods are…

Sakat SS, Juvekar AR

pp. 63–67 · DOI: 10.4103/0975-1483.62216

The present study was designed to investigate the antioxidant activity of aqueous and methanol extracts of Erythrina indica Lam leaves by in vitro methods viz. 1, 1-Diphenyl-2-Picrylhydrazyl, nitric oxide radical scaveng…

Vijaimohan K, Mallika J, Shyamala Devi CS

pp. 68–73 · DOI: 10.4103/0975-1483.62217

Lithium therapy mainly used in curing some psychiatric diseases responsible for numerous undesirable side effects on different organs in humans. The present study explores the beneficial effect of sobatum, a purified com…

Patel KG, Rao NJ, Gajera VG, Bhatt PA, Patel KV, Gandhi TR

pp. 74–78 · DOI: 10.4103/0975-1483.62219

Allergic diseases, such as allergic asthma, are hypersensitivity reactions initiated by immunological mechanisms. Myrica esculenta (M. esculenta) is known traditionally in Ayurveda to possess anti-asthmatic activity. The…

Shrivastava A, Issarani R, Nagori BP

pp. 79–85 · DOI: 10.4103/0975-1483.62220

A new simple, sensitive, precise, and accurate high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) method of analysis for artemether both as a bulk drug and in capsule formulations was developed and validated. The method emplo…

Lakshmi KS, Lakshmi S

pp. 85–89 · DOI: 10.4103/0975-1483.62224

Two chemometric methods were developed for the simultaneous determination of telmisartan and hydrochlorothiazide. The chemometric methods applied were principal component regression (PCR) and partial least square (PLS-1)…

Kale RN, Bajaj AN

pp. 90–94 · DOI: 10.4103/0975-1483.62223

The study was carried out to develop procedure for determining concentration of formaldehyde to be used for crosslinking of gelatin in the presence of drugs having amino groups. Gentamicin sulfate was used as a drug cand…

Singh H, Dulhani N, Kumar BN, Singh P, Tewari P, Nayak K

pp. 95–100 · DOI: 10.4103/0975-1483.62222

The aim of the present study was to observe adverse drug reactions (ADRs) with respect to polypharmacy at tertiary care centre at Bastar, Jagdalpur (Government Medical College, Jagdalpur). A prospective, observational ev…

Kaushik A, Saini KS, Anil B, Rambabu S

pp. 101–106 · DOI: 10.4103/0975-1483.62221

Medical device sector is one of the most complex and challenging business segments of the healthcare industry with close collaboration between science and engineering. Despite the fact that Asia has 60% of the world popu…