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Introduction: Discovery of smart drugs is part of advancing the science of molecular and biochemical mechanisms of memory. Smart drugs are not just memory boosters; they also act as memory enhancers that help quick decision-making. Pitavastatin and gemfibrozil both cause lipid-lowering effects by different mechanisms of action. A few studies show they can act on CREB (c-AMP response elemental binding protein), a known transcription factor. CREB performs an essential role in long-term memory restoration. Aim and Objectives: To evaluate the memory enhancer effect of pitavastatin and gemfibrozil compared to piracetam using Balb-c mice. Material and Methods: The escape latency period and time spent in the target quadrant were compared among four groups. Observations were analyzed by using paired t-tests, ANOVA, and post hoc Tukey’s test. Results: Pitavastatin (30mg/kg) and gemfibrozil (60mg/kg) significantly decline in the escape latency period. pitavastatin increased the total time spent in the target quadrant as compared to vehicle control in the Morris-water maze test (p< 0.01). However, gemfibrozil fails to show any increment in spending...
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Cancer is the malignant form of uncontrolled growth of cells and tissues. The drugs currently used for treating cancer can only increase the lifespan of a patient but cannot cure the disease due to their high toxicity and poor targeting of specific sites. Drugs developed from natural compounds are believed to combat those problems due to their ability to stimulate various physiological pathways with multiple targets. However, the use of natural compounds is restricted because of their physicochemical characteristics. This research article focuses on the use of Mangiferin as anti-cancer agent and its safe and effective delivery using nanotechnology. Mangiferin-loaded poly (lactic-co-glycolic acid) nanoparticles were prepared by single emulsion-solvent evaporation technique and evaluated for yield, particle size, morphology analysis, zeta-potential, drug loading, encapsulation efficiency, in-vitro drug release study and MTT assay on A549 cell line. Mangiferin was successfully loaded onto polymeric nanoparticles using a simple single emulsion solvent evaporation technique using PLGA as a polymer and PVA as a stabilizer with spherical narrow size distribution. Mangiferin-loaded PLGA NPs proved...
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Coronavirus is the deadliest disease globally, and no efficient treatment has been established. The prognosis of illnesses caused by virus outbreaks is a severe medical process that demands a large amount of accurate data comprised of many factors to produce an appropriate analysis. We have researched and analyzed the factors that might affect humans and increase the chances of infection with Covid-19. One of them is the breathing symptoms directly affecting the lungs and chest. To analyze the factors, we have used traditional machine learning and deep learning models to classify and predict the chances of a human getting infected with different SARs variants. So, we used a Cyclic Generative Adversarial Networks (CGANs) model, Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs), to generate, predict and classify the Covid-19 occurrence through chest x-rays and other attributes like Diabetes and Hypertension. These models are deployed to the cloud with appropriate hypermeter tuning to use the result in real time. This paper proposed CGANs and CNNs, which automatically use ADAM, RMSprop and Bayesian optimizers to identify...
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Misuse and overuse of antibiotics, multi drug resistance bacterial strains have emerged as silent pandemic. Lately, antibiofilm treatment approach using natural compounds have ascended as an alternate strategy to overcome the issue. In this study, the inhibitory effect of bark and leaf extracts of Acacia ferruginea against a model bacterium, Chromobacterium violaceum was evaluated. Results revealed that A. ferruginea extract has a significant inhibitory effect on virulence determinants (biofilm and violacein productions) with no effect on growth.19 unrelated compounds were identified from GC-MS analysis. In molecular docking studies, six hits were found to have potential interactions with CviR, a quorum sensing regulatory protein. One of the major hits, severin, formed H-bond with Ser155 and Asp 97 with highest Gscore -8.862 when compared to the standard ligand, C6HSL (-7.052). Our data showed that the leaf and bark ethanolic extracts of A. ferruginea will be a promising synergetic remedy against bacterial infections from natural sources by curbing quorum...
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Peripartum cardiomyopathy (PPCM), a rare condition affecting women in late pregnancy and early puerperium, has high morbidity and mortality. It is characterized by impaired contractility with a low ejection fraction. Compensation occurs through the enlargement of the left ventricle with increasing end-diastolic and stroke volumes. As the compensation of the dilated ventricle fails, it leads to systolic dysfunction, progressing to congestive cardiac failure. Early recognition and aggressive management of these cases in the perioperative period is crucial to improving outcomes of both mother and child. The major anesthetic concern in managing these patients is to avoid myocardial depression and optimize cardiac output, thus maintaining myocardial perfusion with stable intraoperative hemodynamics. Neuraxial anesthesia in these cases, must be balanced with their hemodynamic effects and the ability of the patients to compensate for the physiological strains. Epidural Volume Extension (EVE) – saline technique offers the rapidity and reliability of spinal anesthesia and the flexibility of epidural anesthesia. We present a case series of five patients posted for emergency cesarean section who...
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