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COVID-19 is a disease caused by the novel coronavirus, which was initially called 2019-nCoV, consequently termed as SARS-CoV-2 by the experts of the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV) as it is exceptionally alike to the virus that caused the SARS outbreak in 2002 to 2003. World Health Organization already had declared COVID-19 as an international emergency as the disease is spre...
A. Majumdar *, N. Malviya and S. Alok
Department of Pharmaceutics, Smriti College of Pharmaceutical Education, Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India.
DOI: 10.13040/IJPSR.0975-8232.11(5).1958-68
1958-1968
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Taxol is an important drug used for the treatment of various types of cancer. It is primarily obtained from Taxus brevifolia bark and has a long history of the developmental program of 50 years. It functions as a microtubule-stabilizing compound and inhibits mitosis of cancer cells, thereby providing a protective role in the treatment of cancers. In addition to it, taxol also interferes with a num...
D. Sinha
Department of Botany, Government General Degree College, Mohanpur, Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal, India.
DOI: 10.13040/IJPSR.0975-8232.11(5).1969-85
1969-1985
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Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is a chronic disease, and most patients ultimately require two or more anti-hyperglycemic drugs along with lifestyle changes to achieve and maintain glycaemic control. Sodium-glucose co-transporter 2(SGLT2) inhibitors, such as Dapagliflozin, are the newest class of antidiabetic drugs approved for the treatment of T2DM. Dapagliflozin is a highly selective SGLT2 inhib...
S. Kalyan * and A. Parle
Department of Quality Assurance, Delhi Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Research, New Delhi, Delhi, India.
DOI: 10.13040/IJPSR.0975-8232.11(5).1986-93
1986-1993
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Plants form the basis of human and animal life. Plants are better choice for medicinal applications when compared to synthetic chemicals and the nature has provided various types of medicinal plants. Jasminum grandiflorum Linn. (family Oleaceae) is a night bloomy flowering plant and is an important source of methyl jasmonates which find utility in plant defense, fruit ripening, plant growth senesc...
P. R. Bharathi, S. K. Sripathi * and A. N. Lakshmi
Department of Chemistry, Avinashilingam Institute for Home Science and Higher Education for Women, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India.
DOI: 10.13040/IJPSR.0975-8232.11(5).1994-10
1994-2010
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The mammalian central nervous system is composed of the brain and spinal cord. The brain is protected by the blood-brain barrier (BBB) that allows selective traffic of substances into the brain. Fluoride is a highly toxic and reactive element. We get exposed to fluoride due to its common use in toothpaste, dental gels, non-stick pans, razor blades, etc. Fluoride also enters our food chain through ...
D. Ghosh and S. Ghosh *
Department of Physiology, Hooghly Mohsin College, Chinsura, Hooghly, West Bengal, India.
DOI: 10.13040/IJPSR.0975-8232.11(5).2011-17
2011-2017
