Volume 5, Issue 2

Subramani Parasuraman, K.K. Mueen Ahmed

pp. 35–37 · DOI: 10.1016/j.jyp.2013.06.003

Publication is kind of documentation to be used for further advancing research. If it is not documented, it is equal to not done, this statement itself highlighting the importance of documentation/ publication in the fie…

Hale Zerrin Toklu, Azhar Hussain

pp. 38–40 · DOI: 10.1016/j.jyp.2012.09.001

Pharmacy profession has evolved from its conventional and traditional drug focused basis to an advanced patient focused basis over the years. In the past century the pharmacists were more involved in compounding and manu…

Rushikesh Prabhakar Deshpande, Vijay Motiram Motghare, Sudhir Laxman Padwal, Rakesh Ramkrishna Pore, Chetanraj Ghanshyam Bhamare, Vinod Shivaji Deshmukh, Harshal Nutan Pise

pp. 41–45 · DOI: 10.1016/j.jyp.2013.02.003

Snake bite is a major occupational hazard to farmers, labors especially in rural areas. Majority of the antivenom reactions are wrongly attributed to envenomation. The study was carried out with the aim of evaluation of …

Suza Mohammad Nur, Mohammad Al Amin, Rashel Alam, Md Anayet Hasan, Md Amzad Hossain, Adnan Mannan

pp. 46–49 · DOI: 10.1016/j.jyp.2013.05.001

Background: The herpes simplex virus (HSV-1) is a virus that manifests itself in viral infection with painful, watery blisters in the skin or on the genitals as well as mucous membrane such as the mouth or lips. During a…

Shahid Mitha, Vimalan Nagarajan, Muneer Gohar Babar, Mohammad Jamshed Ahmad Siddiqui, Shazia Qasim Jamshed

pp. 50–53 · DOI: 10.1016/j.jyp.2013.05.002

Background: This study is aimed to explore the types of CAM and reasons of using CAM among elderly Malaysians. Method: This cross-sectional study was conducted on a sample of 256 conveniently selected elderly Malaysians …

Ghulam M. Khan, Shahid H. Ansar, Feroz Ahmad

pp. 54–59 · DOI: 10.1016/j.jyp.2013.06.001

Aims: To establish the Quality standards of Triticum aestivum L, seeds as per WHO guidelines. To study the antioxidant and hepatoprotective profile of T. aestivum L. seeds. Methods: Pharmacognostic studies like morpholog…

Ammar W. Ashor

pp. 60–63 · DOI: 10.1016/j.jyp.2013.06.004

Objectives: To investigate whether that nicotine concentration represented by the degree of smoking dependence variably influence the rate and severity of depressive symptoms. Methods: Cross-sectional, analytical study, …

Saibal Das, Somnath Mondal, Jayanta Kumar Dey, Sanjib Bandyopadhyay, Indranil Saha, Santanu Kumar Tripathi

pp. 64–66 · DOI: 10.1016/j.jyp.2013.06.002

Montelukast sodium is a leukotriene inhibitor, and competitively antagonizes cys-LT1 receptor and used widely and effectively in treating allergic rhinitis, bronchial asthma and allied respiratory conditions. This case r…

Subhash J. Bhore

pp. 67–69 · DOI: 10.1016/j.jyp.2013.04.001

In Malaysia, there are 81 (as on February 15, 2013) higher education institutions including satellite branches of the foreign universities. In northern part of the Peninsular Malaysia, AIMST University is the first priva…

Ashish Jain, Ankit Jain, Anki Jain

pp. 70–72 · DOI: 10.1016/j.jyp.2013.06.005

Clarithromycin is an antibacterial widely used for the treatment of a myriad of infections. Various methods including HPLC have been reported for its drug plasma concentration but they are more complex. In this study, we…

Alian A. Alrasheedy, Mohamed Azmi Hassali, Hisham Aljadhey, Mohamed Izham Mohamed Ibrahim, Saleh Karamah Al-Tamimi

pp. 73–75 · DOI: 10.1016/j.jyp.2013.06.006

The escalating healthcare expenditure is a major challenge to sustainability of the healthcare systems. To confront the escalating health expenditure in general and medicines expenditure in particular, many countries pro…