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Scientia Pharmaceutica, Volume 82, Issue 4

December 2014 - 14 articles

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Articles (14)

  • Article
  • Open Access
51 Citations
2,378 Views
11 Pages

15 September 2014

Novel rel-(5R,6S,7S)-2-oxo-5-phenyl-7-aryl(hetaryl)-3,7-dihydro-2H-thiopyrano [2,3-d]thiazole-6-carboxylic acid amides were synthesized in a hetero-Diels-Alder reaction with a series of cinnamic acid amides. The synthesized compounds were tested for...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
1,583 Views
16 Pages

Low Density Lipid Nanoparticles for Solid Tumor Targeting

  • Mayank SHRIVASTAVA,
  • Aviral JAIN,
  • Arvind GULBAKE,
  • Pooja HURKAT,
  • Neeti JAIN,
  • R. VIJAYRAGHWAN and
  • Sanjay K. JAIN

28 August 2014

One of the most significant characteristics of cancer cells is their rapid dividing ability and overexpression of LDL receptors, which offers an opportunity for the selective targeting of these cells. 5-Fluorouracil (5-FU)-encapsulated low density li...

  • Article
  • Open Access
25 Citations
2,380 Views
12 Pages

21 August 2014

Eleven hydroxycinnamic acid derivatives were isolated from a 70% methanolic Crataegus extract (Crataegi folium cum flore) and partly verified and quantified for individual Crataegus species (C. laevigata, C. monogyna, C. nigra, C. pentagyna) by HPLC:...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
1,551 Views
16 Pages

Physicochemical Characterization and Cytotoxicity Screening of a Novel Colloidal Nanogold-Based Phenytoin Conjugate

  • Susan Cleave A. SUNEETHA,
  • Bala Praveen Chakkravarthy RAGHUPATHY and
  • P. K. SURESH

21 August 2014

A novel, colloidal nanogold-based drug delivery system for phenytoin, a well-known anti-epileptic drug with an enhanced efflux via P-glycoprotein, has been proposed in this study. The vital physical properties that would aid in predicting the biologi...

  • Review
  • Open Access
24 Citations
2,068 Views
13 Pages

18 August 2014

The vascular endothelium has a central role in the modulation of vascular tone with associated antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, pro-fibrinolytic, anti-adhesive, and anticoagulant effects. This is primarily accomplished by the timely release of endothe...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,421 Views
10 Pages

Efficacy and Safety of Dorocontin® versus Sustac® in the Treatment of Stable Angina Pectoris: A Randomized, Double-Blind Comparative Trial

  • Yunes PANAHI,
  • Bahram PISHGOO,
  • Yahya DADJOU,
  • Manouchehr MEHDIRAD,
  • Sara Saffar SOFLAEI and
  • Amirhossein SAHEBKAR

16 August 2014

Background: Development of generic drugs has numerous benefits in terms of cost-efficiency and availability. Slow-release nitroglycerin is a vasodilator drug commonly prescribed for patients with angina pectoris. Objective: The objective of this stud...

  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
2,124 Views
13 Pages

New p-Substituted Salicylaldehyde Phenylhydrazone Derivatives: Synthesis, Characterization, and Antioxidant Activities

  • Cigdem YORUR-GORECI,
  • Nilay ALTAS-KIYMAZ,
  • Aysegul PEKSEL,
  • Belkis BILGIN-ERAN and
  • Mustafa SONMEZ

1 July 2014

A series of new p-nitrophenylhydrazone derivatives 3a–f were synthesized, characterized, and investigated for their antioxidant activities. These com-pounds have been synthesized by refluxing (p-nitrophenyl)hydrazine with 4-sub-stituted salicylaldehy...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
2,891 Views
15 Pages

20 June 2014

A novel stability-indicating RP-HPLC method was developed for the simul-taneous estimation of clindamycin phosphate (hydrophilic), adapalene (hydro-phobic), phenoxyethanol, and methylparaben in topical gel formulations. Optimum chromatographic separa...

  • Article
  • Open Access
20 Citations
3,528 Views
11 Pages

16 June 2014

Fluticasone propionate is a highly potent corticosteroid used to treat asthma and allergic rhinitis. It is a very effective drug, but has the inconvenient factor of being insoluble in water. Cyclodextrins were used to improve this limitation because...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,185 Views
10 Pages

New Activity of a Protein from Canavalia ensiformis

  • Vanya Petkova BOGOEVA,
  • Lidiya Plamenova PETROVA and
  • Anton Aleksandrov TRIFONOV

16 June 2014

Concanavalin A is a legume lectin which preferentially agglutinates transformed cells and shows antitumor effects on human breast carcinoma cells in vitro and in vivo. It is considered as a new potential antineoplastic agent targeting apoptosis, auto...

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