Scientia Pharmaceutica, Volume 77, Issue 3

Parasitic and bacterial infections affecting the gastrointestinal tract represent a significant cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Nitroheterocyclic drugs have been available since the early 1960s for the treatment of anaerobic protozoa. The...

The purpose of the present study was to develop buoyant beads for the intragastric delivery of furosemide in order to evaluate the effect of incorporated sunflower oil on physiochemical properties of alginate beads. Sunflower oil entrapped buoyant al...

In the present study the significant role of the α,β-unsaturated carbonyl structure in the anti-inflammatory activity of the natural humulane sesquiterpenoids zerumbone and zerumbone 2,3-epoxide was evidenced from a comparative study of the ability o...

3,5-Bis(4-chlorobenzylidene)-1-ethylpiperidin-4-one (1b) was condensed with malononitrile or cyanothioacetamide to yield pyranopyridine 2 and thiopyridopyridine 3b, respectively. Treatment of compound 3b with methyl iodide or ethyl chloroacetate in t...

Due to the anti-proliferative properties of cobalt-thiosemicarbazone complexes, the production of [⁵⁵Co](III)-bis-(2-acetylpyridine thiosemicarbazone) ([⁵⁵Co](III)[APTS]₂) was investigated. Co-55 (T_1/2=17.53 h) was produced by 150 μA irradiation of a...

Arjunarishta (Parthadyarishta) is an important Ayurvedic formulation used for cardiovascular disorders and is prepared by fermenting the decoction of specified plant materials using flowers of Woodfordia fruticosa. In present communication, an HPLC-P...

The present investigation describes the design and development of selfcorrecting monolithic Gastroretentive system of baclofen. Tablets were prepared by direct compression method. Optimization was carried out using simplex lattice design. Drug releas...

The aim of this study was to develop and validate a dissolution test for the quality control of deflazacort (DEF) tablets, a drug mainly used for the prevention of organ transplantation rejection, labeled as containing 6 mg of active pharmaceutical i...

Knowledge about therapy with insects in Mongolian traditional medicine is less studied even they have been used broadly since ancient time. Several orthodox practitioners have surveyed the therapeutic potentials of defensive agents in Blaps femoralis...

During the process development of Salmeterol, an unknown impurity was detected at 2.08 Relative Retention Time (RRT) at a level of 0.11% by a gradient Reverse Phase-High Performance Liquid Chromatography (RP-HPLC). The impurity was isolated from the...

The aqueous extract of Swertia chirata Buch Ham. Root (ASC) (Family: Gentianaceae) was evaluated for its antipyretic potential on Brewer’s yeastinduced pyrexia in albino rats and Typhoid-Paratyphoid A, B vaccine induced Hyperexia in rabbits. In both...

With an aim to identify the structural requirements for selective AT1 angiotensin antagonistic activity, a quantitative structure activity relationship (QSAR) analysis was carried out on a series of 6-substituted benzimidazole derivatives. The QSAR e...

N-Acetylcysteine was known to be used as a mucolytic agent having significant antioxidant activity. It has been reported to be used to alleviate or improve various cosmetic conditions and dermatological disorders including changes or damage to skin a...

Four pendenticity based topological descriptors termed as superaugmented pendentic indices have been conceptualized in the present study. An in-house computer program was utilized to compute index values of all the possible structures (with at least...

The probiotic formulations are susceptible to loss in viability due to formulation, processing, storage and in vivo environment. The aim of the present study was to perform preformulation studies of probiotic Bacillus coagulans spores to aid designin...

n/a

Amorphous systems have attracted considerable attention due to their favorable properties; however, their stability issues still pose a major challenge. The purpose of the present work was to investigate the role of molecular mobility and moisture in...