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Lipospheres of benzyl penicillin were formulated using the conventional thin film hydration technique. Five different combinations of shea butter, surfactant (Span 80) and goat fat were the key variables employed in the formulations. The resultant lipospheres were evaluated with respect to surface morphology, particle size distribution, encapsulation efficiency, in vitro drug release, in vivo bioavailability and in vitro antimicrobial activity. Particle size was found to increase with increased drug loading, the average particle radius of the batches being 12.5 nm. The encapsulation efficiency was found to be high at all levels with encouraging values of 80.21 and 83.44 % for batch A and E respectively, with batch A containing shea butter and span 80 in the ratio of 1:1 and batch E containing shea butter, span 80 and goat fat in the ratio of 1:2:1. Batch A appear to exhibit sustained release in vitro with cumulative drug release being 60 % while batch E has a cumulative drug release of 98 % respectively. The presence of goat fat however...
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The present study is concerned to investigate and compare physico-chemical properties( thickness, hardness, weight variation, friability and disintegration), invitro dissolution of the drug along with drug content(assay) for different brands of tablets containing pantoprazole (40mg, 20mg) prepared by various pharmaceutical industries under different trade names. All the brands passed all the official tests as prescribed by the Pharmacopoeia. All the brands were within the limit when tested for Thickness, Weight variation, Hardness, Friability and Disintegration. The amount of drug obtained and percentage purity is less when compared to that of labeled claim. Among the four brands, both 40 mg(B) and 20 mg(b), brand 1 i.e. B1 and b1 was found to have more amount of the drug and brand 2 i.e. B2 and b2 was found to have less amount of the drug. The U.V. Spectrophotometric method for the assay of Pantoprazole tablets used in this study is simple, inexpensive, reproducible and easy to use and could be used in routine monitoring of the quality of the pantoprazole sodium...
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Antimicrobial and cytotoxic activity of petroleum ether, ethyl acetate and methanol extracts from Juniperus indica Bertolwere evaluated. The extracts screened for their antibacterial activity against human pathogenic bacterial strains, Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae. All the fractions presented antimicrobial activity with variable strengths to all of the tested microorganisms. Phytochemical screening revealed the presence of terpenoids, flavanoids and tannins as main phytochemical groups. Cytotoxic activity was evaluated by using brime shrimp lethality test. LC50 value for the methanolic, ethyl acetate, and petroleum ether extracts were calculated at 550 µg/ml, 380 µg/ml and 140 µg/ml...
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A simple and sensitive spectrophotometric method was developed for the determination of prilocaine HCl in pharmaceutical preparation and human plasma. The quantitative analysis of prilocaine HCl was carried out using of wavelength at 230 nm. The method was linear in concentration range of 3-15 μg/mL for standard solution and 4-15 μg/mL for human plasma. Linearity was determined by calculating correlation coefficient. These values were found as a 0.9999 and 0.9967 in standard solution and human plasma, respectively. Developed spectrophotometric method was found suitable in terms of accuracy, sensitivity, precision, reproducibility. In addition to these, this method could be easily and directly applied to both human plasma and pharmaceutical...
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Adventitious bud regeneration from internode explants of Mentha viridis L. was achieved shoots from nodal segments grown in vitro, were cut in to pieces and uses as sources of explants. Organogenesis was induced from internodal explants cultured on Murashige and Skoog (MS) medium containing different combinations of 6, Benzylaminopurine (BAP) and Kn under 16 hr photoperiod and at a temperature of 22 ±2 Co. The types of explants markedly influenced organogenesis and growth of the regenerated shoots. The regeneration frequencies were high in intermodal explants. The percentage of responsive in internodal explants producing from 20 to more than 91. BAP 3.5 mg/l induced the highest regeneration rate 91% and also get results of KN 3mg/l, regeneration rate 81 after 20d of culture. Yielding 36.7±1.14 shoots per responsive internode explants. The regenerated shoots from the best induction treatment were transferred to a fresh medium without plant growth regulators for 30d. Finally the elongated shoots were separated and transferred on to MS medium supplemented with (IBA, 1.5 mg/l). Rooted plantlets (90%)...
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