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Journal of Young Pharmacists

Volume 5, Issue 2

· pp. 35–75 · 11 articles

Volume
5
Issue
2
Published
Pages
35–75
Articles
11
Sections
5
ISSN
Print - 0975-1483 | Online - 0975-1505
Journal
JYP

In this issue

Editorial

  1. Forum Article

    Issues in manuscript writing

    Subramani Parasuraman, K.K. Mueen Ahmed

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

    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…

Review Article

  1. Review

    The changing face of pharmacy practice and the need for a new model of pharmacy education

    Hale Zerrin Toklu, Azhar Hussain

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

    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…

Original Artcile

  1. Article

    Adverse drug reaction profile of anti-snake venom in a rural tertiary care teaching hospital

    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 · Published

    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 …

  2. Article

    An in silico approach to design potential siRNA molecules for ICP22 (US1) gene silencing of different strains of human herpes simplex 1

    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 · Published

    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…

  3. Article

    Reasons of using complementary and alternative medicines (CAM) among elderly Malaysians of Kuala Lumpur and Selangor states: An exploratory study

    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 · Published

    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 …

  4. Article

    Pharmacognostic standardization, antioxidant and free radical scavenging activity of the seeds of Triticum aestivum L e A dietary staple

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

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

    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…

  5. Article

    Inverted U shaped effect of nicotine on the severity of depressive symptoms: A population-based survey

    Ammar W. Ashor

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

    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, …

Case Report

  1. Article

    A case of montelukast induced hypercholesterolemia, severe hypertriglyceridemia and pancreatitis

    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 · Published

    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…

  2. Article

    A summary report of the workshop on the ‘academic leadership training in the AIMST University, Malaysia’

    Subhash J. Bhore

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

    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…

Short communication

  1. Communication

    Sensitive polarographic electrochemical determination of clarithromycin in blood serum

    Ashish Jain, Ankit Jain, Anki Jain

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

    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…

  2. Communication

    Is there a need for a formulary of clinically interchangeable medicines to guide generic substitution in Saudi Arabia?

    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 · Published

    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…