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Scientia Pharmaceutica, Volume 82, Issue 2

2014 June - 16 articles

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Articles (16)

  • Article
  • Open Access
26 Citations
3,052 Views
18 Pages

Development of Press-Coated, Floating-Pulsatile Drug Delivery of Lisinopril

  • Swati C. JAGDALE,
  • Vishnu M. SURYAWANSHI,
  • Sudhir V. PANDYA,
  • Bhanudas S. KUCHEKAR and
  • Aniruddha R. CHABUKSWAR

14 April 2014

Lisinopril is an angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor, primarily used for the treatment of hypertension, congestive heart failure, and heart attack. It belongs to BCS class III having a half-life of 12 hrs and 25% bioavailability. The purpos...

  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
2,132 Views
11 Pages

PEG–Ursolic Acid Conjugate: Synthesis and In Vitro Release Studies

  • Marina ZACCHIGNA,
  • Francesca CATENI,
  • Sara DRIOLI,
  • Giuseppe PROCIDA and
  • Tiziano ALTIERI

6 April 2014

A highly water-soluble macromolecular compound of ursolic acid with mono-methoxypoly(ethylene glycol) (mPEG) was prepared. The physicochemical properties and stabilities under different conditions were investigated. By PEG conjugation, greatly increa...

  • Correction
  • Open Access
1 Citations
3,261 Views
2 Pages

13 March 2014

This is a corrigendum to the article 'Inhibition of Key Digestive Enzymes Related to Diabetes and Hyperlipidemia and Protection of Liver-Kidney Functions by Trigonelline in Diabetic Rats' [Sci Pharm. 2013; 81: 233–246]. Figure 6 is replaced.

  • Article
  • Open Access
22 Citations
2,672 Views
8 Pages

Formulation and In Vitro Evaluation of Ofloxacin Tablets using Natural Gums as Binders

  • Amisha K. MISTRY,
  • Chirag D. NAGDA,
  • Dhruti C. NAGDA,
  • Bharat C. DIXIT and
  • Ritu B. DIXIT

10 March 2014

Natural gums are economical, easily available, and useful as tablet binders. In the present investigation, an attempt was made to formulate Ofloxacin tablets using three natural binders, namely Acacia arabica, Hibiscus esculentus, and xanthan gum. Su...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
1,808 Views
16 Pages

27 February 2014

The aim of the current study was to develop a simple, precise, and accurate capillary zone electrophoresis method for the determination of zolpidem tartrate in tablet dosage form. Separation was conducted in normal polarity mode at 25°C, 22 kV, using...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,844 Views
17 Pages

Role of an Ethanolic Extract of Crotalaria juncea L. on High-Fat Diet-Induced Hypercholesterolemia

  • Dinakaran SATHIS KUMAR,
  • Banji DAVID,
  • Avasarala HARANI and
  • Bhaskar VIJAY

20 February 2014

Objective: To evaluate the antihypercholesterolemic effects of 50 mg/kg BW and 100 mg/kg BW per day of an ethanolic extract of Crotalaria juncea Linn (whole plant) by performing in vivo studies. Methods: The effects of oral administration of 50 mg/...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,981 Views
17 Pages

8 February 2014

Osteocare, a herbal formulation, has been found to be very effective in bone mineralization and support of the microstructure of bone tissue. The water-soluble components of Osteocare (WSCO) induced osteogenic activity in human osteoblast-like SaOS-2...

  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
2,330 Views
20 Pages

Development and Validation of a UPLC Method by the QbD-Approach for the Estimation of Rabeprazole and Levosulpiride from Capsules

  • Veera Raghava Raju THUMMALA,
  • Raja Kumar SESHADRI,
  • Satya Sankarsana Jagan Mohan THARLAPU,
  • Mrutyunjaya Rao IVATURI and
  • Someswara Rao NITTALA

16 January 2014

Statistical experimental design was used to optimize the chromatographic separations of two pharmaceutical compounds from their respective potential impurities. A fractional factorial design was utilized to study the effects of pH, organic solvent in...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,074 Views
14 Pages

16 January 2014

A robust, sensitive, and stability-indicating rapid resolution liquid chromato-graphy method for the simultaneous determination of process impurities and degradation products of lercanidipine hydrochloride in pharmaceutical dosage form was developed...

  • Article
  • Open Access
39 Citations
2,410 Views
12 Pages

Antimicrobial Activity of Novel C2-Substituted 1,4-Dihydropyridine Analogues

  • Petra OLEJNÍKOVÁ,
  • Ľubomír ŠVORC,
  • Denisa OLŠOVSKÁ,
  • Anna PANÁKOVÁ and ,
  • Zuzana VIHONSKÁ,
  • Katarína KOVARYOVÁ and
  • Štefan MARCHALÍN
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

12 January 2014

The antimicrobial activity of 3-methyl-5-isopropyl (or ethyl) 6-methyl-4-nitro-phenyl-1,4-dihydropyridine-3,5-dicarboxylate derivatives was evaluated. Prokaryotes (bacteria) appeared to be more sensitive to their antimicrobial activity than were euka...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
2,742 Views
17 Pages

Isolation, Identification, and Characterization of One Degradation Product in Ambroxol by HPLC-Hyphenated Techniques

  • Veera Raghava Raju THUMMALA,
  • Mrutyunjaya Rao IVATURI and
  • Someswara Rao NITTALA

12 January 2014

This study details the isolation, identification, and characterization of ambroxol’s unknown impurity. One unknown impurity of ambroxol was formed in the formulated drug under stress conditions [40°C /75% relative humidity (RH) for 6 months] with the...

  • Article
  • Open Access
23 Citations
3,461 Views
12 Pages

12 January 2014

Sulfasalazine (SSZ) was subjected to degradation under the conditions of hydrolysis (acid, alkali, and water), oxidation (30% H2O2), dry heat, and photo-lysis (UV-VIS light) in accordance with the ICH guidelines. An RP-HPLC method was developed to st...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
1,595 Views
13 Pages

Effect of Long-Chain Fatty Acids on the Binding of Triflupromazine to Human Serum Albumin: A Spectrophotometric Study

  • Keisuke KITAMURA,
  • Shigehiko TAKEGAMI,
  • Rumi TANAKA,
  • Ahmed Ahmed OMRAN and
  • Tatsuya KITADE

28 December 2013

Human serum albumin (HSA) in the blood binds long-chain fatty acids (LCFAs), and the number of bound LCFAs varies from 1 to 7 depending on the physical condition of the body. In this study, the influence of LCFA-HSA binding on drug-HSA binding was st...

  • Article
  • Open Access
21 Citations
3,468 Views
15 Pages

A Stability-Indicating HPLC Method for the Determination of Memantine Hydrochloride in Dosage Forms through Derivatization with 1-Fluoro-2,4-dinitrobenzene

  • Hassan JALALIZADEH,
  • Mahdi RAEI,
  • Razieh FALLAH TAFTI,
  • Hassan FARSAM and ,
  • Abbas KEBRIAEEZADEH and
  • Effat SOURI
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

9 December 2013

Memantine is chemically a tricyclic amine and is used for Parkinson's disease and movement disorders. Although several HPLC methods with different derivatization reagents have been developed for the determination of memantine in biological fluids, th...

  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
2,355 Views
13 Pages

9 December 2013

In this stability-indicating, reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromato-graphic method for flupiritine maleate, forced degradation has been employed and the formed degradants were separated on a C18 column with a 80:20% v/v mixture of methanol-...

  • Article
  • Open Access
19 Citations
2,177 Views
18 Pages

Prophylactic Effects of Propranolol versus the Standard Therapy on a New Model of Disuse Osteoporosis in Rats

  • Deepak Kumar KHAJURIA,
  • Choudhary DISHA,
  • Rema RAZDAN,
  • D. Roy MAHAPATRA and
  • Ramakrishna VASIREDDI

9 December 2013

Disuse by bed rest, limb immobilization, or space flight causes rapid bone loss by arresting bone formation and accelerating bone resorption. Propranolol (a non-selective β-adrenergic antagonist) has been shown to improve bone properties by increasin...

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