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Pharmaceuticals, Volume 17, Issue 8

2024 August - 131 articles

Cover Story: Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection poses a major global health challenge, impacting millions each year, especially in resource-limited areas. Existing diagnostic methods, which rely on antibody screening and viral RNA detection, are often complex, costly, and inaccessible. This study presents the development of a novel lateral flow immunochromatography assay designed to detect the highly conserved hepatitis C core antigen (HCVcAg). The assay uses four specific monoclonal antibodies in a double-antibody sandwich format and demonstrated a sensitivity of 10 ng/strip. This innovative, cost-effective, and user-friendly tool holds significant potential to enhance HCV screening accessibility in high-risk and underserved populations. View this paper
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Articles (131)

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,138 Views
19 Pages

29 July 2024

Sudden cardiac death (SCD) is responsible for a high percentage of cardiovascular fatalities, with ventricular arrhythmias being the most common cause. Despite numerous clinically available antiarrhythmic drugs (AADs), AADs retain some undesirable ar...

  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
5,772 Views
18 Pages

High Performance Thin Layer Chromatography (HPTLC) Analysis of Anti-Asthmatic Combination Therapy in Pharmaceutical Formulation: Assessment of the Method’s Greenness and Blueness

  • Huda Salem AlSalem,
  • Faisal K. Algethami,
  • Maimana A. Magdy,
  • Nourudin W. Ali,
  • Hala E. Zaazaa,
  • Mohamed Abdelkawy,
  • Maha M. Abdelrahman and
  • Mohammed Gamal

29 July 2024

A cost-effective, selective, sensitive, and operational TLC-densitometric approach has been adapted for the concurrent assay of Hydroxyzine Hydrochloride (HYX), Ephedrine Hydrochloride (EPH), and Theophylline (THP) in their pure powder and pharmaceut...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,035 Views
11 Pages

29 July 2024

Fritillariae thunbergii Bulbus (FTB), a member of the Liliaceae family, has a long history of use in many herbal formulations for traditional and modern clinical applications to treat various infections and inflammation. To understand FTB’s div...

  • Systematic Review
  • Open Access
6 Citations
4,473 Views
21 Pages

29 July 2024

Background: Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is the leading cause of vision loss in elderly people. Current pharmacological treatment in vascular AMD includes anti-VEGF agents, such as ranibizumab and aflibercept. Additionally, the off-label us...

  • Article
  • Open Access
25 Citations
3,425 Views
24 Pages

Chitosan/Hesperidin Nanoparticles for Sufficient, Compatible, Antioxidant, and Antitumor Drug Delivery Systems

  • May Almukainzi,
  • Thanaa A. El-Masry,
  • Enas I. El Zahaby and
  • Maysa M. F. El-Nagar

One flavonoid glycoside with demonstrated therapeutic potential for several illnesses, including cancer, is hesperidin. However, because of its limited bioavailability and solubility, it is only marginally absorbed, necessitating a delivery mechanism...

  • Review
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,490 Views
26 Pages

Roles of Sirtuins in Hearing Protection

  • Chail Koo,
  • Claus-Peter Richter and
  • Xiaodong Tan

Hearing loss is a health crisis that affects more than 60 million Americans. Currently, sodium thiosulfate is the only drug approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to counter hearing loss. Sirtuins were proposed as therapeutic targets in t...

  • Review
  • Open Access
8 Citations
7,151 Views
24 Pages

Positive Allosteric Modulators of Trk Receptors for the Treatment of Alzheimer’s Disease

  • Pontus Forsell,
  • Cristina Parrado Fernández,
  • Boel Nilsson,
  • Johan Sandin,
  • Gunnar Nordvall and
  • Märta Segerdahl

Neurotrophins are important regulators of neuronal and non-neuronal functions. As such, the neurotrophins and their receptors, the tropomyosin receptor kinase (Trk) family of receptor tyrosine kinases, has attracted intense research interest and thei...

  • Article
  • Open Access
22 Citations
3,498 Views
17 Pages

Phytochemical Profiling, Antioxidant and Antimicrobial Potentials of Ethanol and Ethyl Acetate Extracts of Chamaenerion latifolium L.

  • Akmaral Kozhantayeva,
  • Nurgul Tursynova,
  • Ainagul Kolpek,
  • Yelaman Aibuldinov,
  • Arailym Tursynova,
  • Togzhan Mashan,
  • Zhazira Mukazhanova,
  • Manshuk Ibrayeva,
  • Aizhan Zeinuldina and
  • Yerbolat Tashenov
  • + 2 authors

The study investigates the phytochemical profile, antioxidant capacity, and antimicrobial activities of ethanol (ChL-EtOH) and ethyl acetate (ChL-EtOAc) extracts from Chamaenerion latifolium L. (ChL) harvested in Kazakhstan. The ChL-EtOH extract exhi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
1,911 Views
16 Pages

Radionuclide uranium has both a chemical and radioactive toxicity, leading to severe nephrotoxicity as it predominantly deposits itself in the kidneys after entering into human bodies. It crosses renal cell membranes, accumulates in mitochondria and...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
2,307 Views
29 Pages

Orodispersible Dosage Forms with Rhinacanthin-Rich Extract as a Convenient Formulation Dedicated to Pediatric Patients

  • Thongtham Suksawat,
  • Witold Brniak,
  • Ewelina Łyszczarz,
  • Małgorzata Wesoły,
  • Patrycja Ciosek-Skibińska and
  • Aleksander Mendyk

Rhinacanthins, derived from Rhinacanthus nasutus, widely used in traditional medicine, exhibit antifungal, anticancer, antiviral, antibacterial, and antiplatelet aggregation effects. Recently, their anti-diabetic activity was confirmed, which makes t...

  • Review
  • Open Access
10 Citations
3,305 Views
19 Pages

A Phytochemical Analysis and the Pharmacological Implications of the Seagrass Halodule uninervis: An Overview

  • Nadine Wehbe,
  • Mikhael Bechelany,
  • Adnan Badran,
  • Ali Al-Sawalmih,
  • Joelle Edward Mesmar and
  • Elias Baydoun

Seagrasses are marine angiosperms that inhabit tropical and subtropical regions around the world. They play a vital role in marine biodiversity and the ecosystem by providing habitats and food for several marine organisms, stabilizing sediments, and...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
4,013 Views
19 Pages

Do Molecular Fingerprints Identify Diverse Active Drugs in Large-Scale Virtual Screening? (No)

  • Vishwesh Venkatraman,
  • Jeremiah Gaiser,
  • Daphne Demekas,
  • Amitava Roy,
  • Rui Xiong and
  • Travis J. Wheeler

Computational approaches for small-molecule drug discovery now regularly scale to the consideration of libraries containing billions of candidate small molecules. One promising approach to increased the speed of evaluating billion-molecule libraries...

  • Review
  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,388 Views
19 Pages

The knowledge surrounding the application of immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) in the treatment of pediatric cancers is continuously expanding and evolving. These therapies work by enhancing the body’s natural immune response against tumors,...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,682 Views
16 Pages

Development and Optimization of Nasal Composition of a Neuroprotective Agent for Use in Neonatology after Prenatal Hypoxia

  • Igor Belenichev,
  • Olena Aliyeva,
  • Bogdan Burlaka,
  • Kristina Burlaka,
  • Oleh Kuchkovskyi,
  • Dmytro Savchenko,
  • Valentyn Oksenych and
  • Oleksandr Kamyshnyi

The intranasal route of drug administration is characterized by high bioavailability and is considered promising for rapid delivery of drugs with systemic action to the central nervous system (CNS), bypassing the blood-brain barrier. This is particul...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
3,834 Views
16 Pages

Apremilast as a Potential Targeted Therapy for Metabolic Syndrome in Patients with Psoriasis: An Observational Analysis

  • Elena Campione,
  • Nikkia Zarabian,
  • Terenzio Cosio,
  • Cristiana Borselli,
  • Fabio Artosi,
  • Riccardo Cont,
  • Roberto Sorge,
  • Ruslana Gaeta Shumak,
  • Gaetana Costanza and
  • Luca Bianchi
  • + 2 authors

Psoriasis (PsO) is a chronic inflammatory dermatosis that often presents with erythematous, sharply demarcated lesions. Although psoriasis is primarily a dermatological disease, its immune-mediated pathogenesis produces systemic effects and is closel...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,944 Views
15 Pages

Zika virus (ZIKV) and Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV) can cause permanent neurological damage and death, yet no approved drugs exist for these infections. Rhodiola crenulate, an herb used in traditional Chinese medicine for its antioxidation and an...

  • Review
  • Open Access
12 Citations
6,318 Views
18 Pages

Managing Post-Transplant Diabetes Mellitus after Kidney Transplantation: Challenges and Advances in Treatment

  • Grzegorz Rudzki,
  • Kinga Knop-Chodyła,
  • Zuzanna Piasecka,
  • Anna Kochanowska-Mazurek,
  • Aneta Głaz,
  • Ewelina Wesołek-Bielaska and
  • Magdalena Woźniak

Kidney transplantation is the most effective treatment for end-stage renal failure but is associated with complications, including post-transplant diabetes mellitus (PTDM). It affects the quality of life and survival of patients and the transplanted...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,695 Views
14 Pages

Lycopene and Garcinia cambogia Induce White-to-Brown Adipose Differentiation: An Innovative Strategy to Curb Obesity

  • Federica Mannino,
  • Vincenzo Arcoraci,
  • Giovanna Vermiglio,
  • Davide Labellarte,
  • Igor Pirrotta,
  • Domenico Antonio Giorgi,
  • Alessandro Scarfone,
  • Alessandra Bitto,
  • Letteria Minutoli and
  • Natasha Irrera
  • + 3 authors

Obesity is considered one of the main risk factors for cardiovascular diseases. The browning process has been recently recognized as a promising anti-obesity therapy. Lycopene (LYC) and Garcinia cambogia fruit extract (GE) might be important resource...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
2,891 Views
22 Pages

Evaluation of Crocetin as a Protective Agent in High Altitude Hypoxia-Induced Organ Damage

  • Jun Yang,
  • Kai Luo,
  • Ziliang Guo,
  • Renjie Wang,
  • Qingyuan Qian,
  • Shuhe Ma,
  • Maoxing Li and
  • Yue Gao

Crocetin is an aglycone of crocin naturally occurring in saffron and has been proved to have antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, and antibacterial activities. In this experiment, the protective effect of crocetin on vital organs in high-altitude hypoxia...

  • Review
  • Open Access
17 Citations
4,925 Views
23 Pages

Bone health is a critical aspect of overall well-being, and disorders such as osteoporosis pose significant challenges worldwide. East Asian Herbal Medicine (EAHM), with its rich history and holistic approach, offers promising avenues for enhancing b...

  • Review
  • Open Access
9 Citations
3,957 Views
21 Pages

Kynurenines and Inflammation: A Remarkable Axis for Multiple Sclerosis Treatment

  • Paul Carrillo-Mora,
  • Carlos Landa-Solís,
  • David Valle-Garcia,
  • Alexandra Luna-Angulo,
  • Hamlet Avilés-Arnaut,
  • Benjamín Robles-Bañuelos,
  • Laura Sánchez-Chapul and
  • Edgar Rangel-López

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic inflammatory autoimmune neurological disease characterized by the recurrent appearance of demyelinating lesions and progressive disability. Currently, there are multiple disease-modifying treatments, however, ther...

  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
2,654 Views
25 Pages

This study explored the therapeutic efficacy of Helianthemum lippii and silver nanoparticles (Ag NPs) synthesized using a H. lippii extract to alleviate cadmium-induced nephrotoxicity in Wistar rats. Sub-acute toxicity assessments of H. lippii (100 m...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2,037 Views
17 Pages

The process of synthesizing radionuclide-coupled drugs, especially shutdown technology that links bipotent chelators with biomolecules, utilizes traditional coupling reactions, including emerging click chemistry; these reactions involve different dra...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
2,864 Views
15 Pages

Differential Interactions of Flavonoids with the Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor In Silico and Their Impact on Receptor Activity In Vitro

  • Monique Reis de Santana,
  • Ylanna Bonfim dos Santos,
  • Késsia Souza Santos,
  • Manoelito Coelho Santos Junior,
  • Mauricio Moraes Victor,
  • Gabriel dos Santos Ramos,
  • Ravena Pereira do Nascimento and
  • Silvia Lima Costa

The molecular mechanisms underlying the observed anticancer effects of flavonoids remain unclear. Increasing evidence shows that the aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AHR) plays a crucial role in neoplastic disease progression, establishing it as a potentia...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
4,461 Views
32 Pages

pH-Sensitive In Situ Gel of Mirtazapine Invasomes for Rectal Drug Delivery: Protruded Bioavailability and Anti-Depressant Efficacy

  • Essam M. Eissa,
  • Amani M. El Sisi,
  • Marina A. Bekhet,
  • Fatma I. Abo El-Ela,
  • Rasha M. Kharshoum,
  • Adel A. Ali,
  • Majed Alrobaian and
  • Ahmed M. Abdelhaleem Ali

The present research emphasizes fabrication alongside the assessment of an innovative nano-vesicular membranous system known as invasomes (NVMs) laden with Mirtazapine for rectal administration. This system could circumvent the confines of orally adm...

  • Review
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,567 Views
17 Pages

Despite progress in the management of patients with retinal vascular and degenerative diseases, there is still an unmet clinical need for safe and effective therapeutic options with novel mechanisms of action. Recent mechanistic insights into the pat...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
15,132 Views
14 Pages

A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial to Assess the Effectiveness and Safety of Melatonin and Three Formulations of Floraworks Proprietary TruCBN™ for Improving Sleep

  • Antonija Kolobaric,
  • Jessica Saleska,
  • Susan J. Hewlings,
  • Corey Bryant,
  • Christopher S. Colwell,
  • Christopher R. D’Adamo,
  • Jeff Chen and
  • Emily K. Pauli

The phytocannabinoid cannabinol (CBN) has a potential mechanism of action as an alternative sleep aid but there is minimal evidence to support its effectiveness. The aim of this randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study was to assess the saf...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2,860 Views
14 Pages

Metformin inhibits the secretory function of overactive anterior pituitary cells, including lactotropes. In women of childbearing age, this effect was absent if they had coexisting autoimmune (Hashimoto) thyroiditis. The current study was aimed at in...

  • Review
  • Open Access
62 Citations
10,370 Views
61 Pages

High-Altitude Medicinal Plants as Promising Source of Phytochemical Antioxidants to Combat Lifestyle-Associated Oxidative Stress-Induced Disorders

  • Mohammad Vikas Ashraf,
  • Sajid Khan,
  • Surya Misri,
  • Kailash S. Gaira,
  • Sandeep Rawat,
  • Balwant Rawat,
  • M. A. Hannan Khan,
  • Ali Asghar Shah,
  • Mohd Asgher and
  • Shoeb Ahmad

Oxidative stress, driven by reactive oxygen, nitrogen, and sulphur species (ROS, RNS, RSS), poses a significant threat to cellular integrity and human health. Generated during mitochondrial respiration, inflammation, UV exposure and pollution, these...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,168 Views
18 Pages

Chemical Composition, Antioxidant, and Cytotoxic Effects of Senna rugosa Leaf and Root Extracts on Human Leukemia Cell Lines

  • Cintia Miranda dos Santos,
  • Debora da Silva Baldivia,
  • David Tsuyoshi Hiramatsu de Castro,
  • José Tarciso de Giffoni Carvalho,
  • Alex Santos Oliveira,
  • Paola dos Santos da Rocha,
  • Jaqueline Ferreira Campos,
  • Sikiru Olaitan Balogun,
  • Caio Fernando Ramalho de Oliveira and
  • Edson Lucas dos Santos
  • + 3 authors

Senna rugosa is a species found in the Cerrado and used in folk medicine as a vermifuge and in the treatment of poisonous snakebites accidents. In this work, we identified the main secondary metabolites present in ethanolic extracts of the leaves (EL...

  • Review
  • Open Access
20 Citations
7,833 Views
20 Pages

A Review of Therapeutic Agents Given by Convection-Enhanced Delivery for Adult Glioblastoma

  • Nathaniel W. Rolfe,
  • Nicholas B. Dadario,
  • Peter Canoll and
  • Jeffrey N. Bruce

Glioblastoma remains a devastating disease with a bleak prognosis despite continued research and numerous clinical trials. Convection-enhanced delivery offers researchers and clinicians a platform to bypass the blood–brain barrier and administer drug...

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