Volume 5, Issue 1

S. Parasuraman

pp. 1–2 · DOI: 10.1016/j.jyp.2013.02.002

The year 2013 is another milestone for Journal of Young Pharmacist (JYP) as it is entering to 5th year. It is known as one of the peerreviewed pharmaceutical journal and I am pleased to present you this issue being publi…

S.L. Deore, K.V. Moon, S.S. Khadabadi, U.A. Deokate, B.A. Baviskar

pp. 3–6 · DOI: 10.1016/j.jyp.2013.01.001

Ayurvedic preparations contain toxic elements like heavy metals and other chemicals exceeding their permissible limits. Ayurvedic method of detoxification of such products involves Shodhana. Hence, in present paper it ha…

Renjit Bino Kingsley, Manisha Mishra, Pemaiah Brindha, Appian Subramoniam

pp. 7–12 · DOI: 10.1016/j.jyp.2012.09.002

Objectives:To identify the active principles, determine the anti-diabetes activity of fraction of Stereospermum tetragonum root. Materials and Methods: The efficacy was evaluated in streptozotocin induced type 2 diabetic…

Dhakchinamoorthi Krishna Kumar, Deepak Gopal Shewade, Subramani Parasuraman, Sundaram Rajan, Jayaraman Balachander, B.V. Sai Chandran, Chandrasekaran Adithan

pp. 13–17 · DOI: 10.1016/j.jyp.2013.02.001

Warfarin is one of the most commonly prescribed oral anticoagulant for prevention of thromboembolic events. The effect of this drug is measured by monitoring prothrombin time expressed as International Normalized Ratio (…

Inga Urtane, Aleksandra Aitullina, Katrina Pukite

pp. 18–21 · DOI: 10.1016/j.jyp.2013.01.002

Introduction: Clopidogrel ineffectiveness is a serious problem in antiplatelet therapy. Many factors may contribute to this phenomenon. One of them is clopidogrel drugedrug interaction with CYP2C19 and CYP3A4 enzyme inhi…

Maria Spiteri, Everaldo Attard, Anthony Serracino-Inglott, Lilian M. Azzopardi

pp. 22–25 · DOI: 10.1016/j.jyp.2013.01.003

Context: Today, the use of herbal medicine for primary healthcare has increased considerably. Since local pharmacists graduate with little knowledge on herbal medicine, the majority are ill-equipped to provide pharmaceut…

M. Atif, S.H. Khalid, G.L. Onn Kit, S.A.S. Sulaiman, M. Asif, A. Chandersekaran

pp. 26–29 · DOI: 10.1016/j.jyp.2013.01.005

A simple, sensitive and selective HPLC method with UV detection for determination of Glipizide in human plasma was developed. Liquideliquid extraction method was used to extract the drug from the plasma samples. Chromato…

M. Ahamada Safna Mariyam, Suchandra Sen, K. Vijayan

pp. 30–31 · DOI: 10.1016/j.jyp.2012.12.001

Topiramate, a sulfa-derivative monosaccharide was originally developed as a hypoglycemic agent, but was found to be devoid of hypoglycemic activity, and later, it was approved in 1995 in the UK as adjunctive treatment fo…

Syed Ilyas Shehnaz, Anoop Kumar Agarwal, Mohamed Arifulla, Jayadevan Sreedharan

pp. 32–34 · DOI: 10.1016/j.jyp.2013.01.004

Animal Experiments (AE) are fundamental in the training of almost all pharmacology-related post-graduate courses.1 However, research studies have questioned their human applicability, toxicological utility, and validity.…