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Scientia Pharmaceutica, Volume 88, Issue 1

2020 March - 16 articles

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Articles (16)

  • Article
  • Open Access
82 Citations
8,658 Views
14 Pages

Thiazole-Bearing 4-Thiazolidinones as New Anticonvulsant Agents

  • Mariia Mishchenko,
  • Sergiy Shtrygol,
  • Danylo Kaminskyy and
  • Roman Lesyk

Here, we describe the synthesis and anticonvulsant activity of thiazole-bearing hybrids based on 2-imino-4-thiazolidinone and 2,4-dioxothiazolidine-5-carboxylic acid cores. The structure of target compounds was based on the following: (i) A combinati...

  • Article
  • Open Access
19 Citations
6,536 Views
14 Pages

Development and Evaluation of Curcumin Liquid Crystal Systems for Cervical Cancer

  • Sheba R David,
  • Nurul Akmar Binti Anwar,
  • Koh Rhun Yian,
  • Chun-Wai Mai,
  • Sanjoy Kumar Das and
  • Rajan Rajabalaya

Curcumin is a hydrophobic compound with good anti-proliferative, anti-oxidative, and anti-cancer properties but has poor bioavailability. Liquid crystals (LC) can accommodate both hydrophilic and hydrophobic drugs. The aim of this study was to formul...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
5,548 Views
12 Pages

To investigate combined effect of the anticancer drug cisplatin (CP) and the opiate analgesic morphine (MOR) on liver, rats were administered MOR (10 mg/kg/day i.p. for 10 days), with or without CP (7.5 mg/kg i.p. once at day 5 of the study). MOR or...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
18,257 Views
8 Pages

Pharmacokinetics and Dose Proportionality of Betahistine in Healthy Individuals

  • Duaa J. Al-Tamimi,
  • Afaq M. Ammoo,
  • Mays E. Alani and
  • Jaafar J. Ibraheem

Betahistine dihydrochloride is widely used to reduce the severity and frequency of vertigo attacks associated with Ménière’s disease. Betahistine is an analogue of histamine, and is a weak histamine H1 receptor agonist and potent...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
9,134 Views
12 Pages

Cyclosporine is a potent immunosuppressive drug. It has a narrow therapeutic index, and therefore the measurement of cyclosporine’s blood concentration is essential to obtain optimal therapy. Measurement of the area under the blood concentratio...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
6,469 Views
14 Pages

Cytotoxicity of Standardized Curcuminoids Mixture against Epithelial Ovarian Cancer Cell Line SKOV-3

  • Heba Almosa,
  • Mihal Alqriqri,
  • Iuliana Denetiu,
  • Mohammed A. Baghdadi,
  • Mohammed Alkhaled,
  • Mahmoud Alhosin,
  • Wejdan A. Aldajani,
  • Mazin Zamzami,
  • Mehmet H. Ucisik and
  • Samar Damiati

Herbal medicine has been in use for centuries for a wide variety of ailments; however, the efficacy of its therapeutic agents in modern medicine is currently being studied. Curcuminoids are an example of natural agents, widely used due to their poten...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
6,429 Views
18 Pages

Methyl 4-Hydroxy-2,2-Dioxo-1H-2λ6,1-Benzothiazine-3-Carboxylate and Its Analogs Modified in the Benzene Moiety of the Molecule as New Analgesics

  • Igor V. Ukrainets,
  • Lidiya A. Petrushova,
  • Svitlana V. Shishkina,
  • Lyudmila V. Sidorenko,
  • Tatiana V. Alekseeva,
  • Inna I. Torianyk and
  • Alexandra A. Davidenko

In order to identify new regularities of the “structure–analgesic activity” relationship in the series of 2,1-benzothiazine derivatives, the synthesis of methyl 4-hydroxy-2,2-dioxo-1H-2λ6,1-benzothiazine-3-carboxylate and a g...

  • Article
  • Open Access
22 Citations
6,302 Views
16 Pages

20 February 2020

Curcumin is a dietary compound with accrued evidence of antiviral activity. Poor solubility and permeation renders curcumin a good applicant for incorporation into proniosomes. The intent of this study was to formulate curcumin proniosomal gel for to...

  • Article
  • Open Access
21 Citations
7,321 Views
14 Pages

The aim of this research was the comparative study of the amino acids content in the dry extracts of Iridaceae plants of Ukrainian flora: Juno bucharica leaves and corms, Gladiolus hybrid Zefir leaves, Iris hungarica and Iris variegata rhizomes, and...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
5,586 Views
11 Pages

Pharmacies for the Pharmacists—Ukrainian Fears and Polish Experiences

  • Tomasz Zaprutko,
  • Bohdan Hromovyk,
  • Roman Lesyk,
  • Lilia Lesyk,
  • Yuliia Kremin,
  • Krzysztof Kus,
  • Dorota Kopciuch,
  • Piotr Ratajczak,
  • Anna Paczkowska and
  • Elżbieta Nowakowska

In 2017, a regulation referred to as “pharmacies for the pharmacists” was implemented in Poland, and Ukraine is going to implement a similar act of law. The study was to collect Ukrainian pharmacists’ opinions about the upcoming mar...

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