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Background: Polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) is a very common Endocrine Disorder encountered in women in which there is an imbalance of female sex hormones. It is associated with problems such as menstrual irregularities, Hirsutism, Obesity, Insulin resistance, acne, and in later life infertility with Diabetes mellitus and uterine cancer. Objectives: 1. Identify the subjects who are at risk for PCOS. 2. To make awareness about PCOS among young subjects. This will help to modify their lifestyle and to have better reproductive life later. 3. To improve the quality of life by reducing the risk of complications. Methodology: The study design was a prospective observational study carried out in Sangareddy (Telangana state) for a period of 6 months. A Survey of 805 subjects was done to assess the knowledge of polycystic ovarian syndrome. The data was collected from the subjects by using a structured questionnaire. Results: Results indicated that there is 26.9% in the age group of 16-20 years and 36.4% in the age group of 21-25 years and 31.2%...
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Rutin trihydrate a herbal drug having abundant medicinal properties, mainly used for topical treatment of inflammation, presents a hindrance and reduced anti-inflammatory activity. It is a BCS class II drug having low oral bioavailability, poor water solubility (0.125 g/L), and low stability of rutin in aqueous alkaline medium, restricting its application in use. So, it is successfully formulated as an emulgel to improve its anti-inflammatory properties. The current study aims to design, formulate, and to optimize Rutin trihydrate emulgel to enhance its efficacy and stability. Emulgel was designed, optimized by using central composite design taking three independent variables and one dependent variable. Five responses were generated, and the optimized formulation was prepared using carbopol 934(0.8%), clove oil (12.5 ml), and span (2.32%). The emulsifying agent being Tween 20, Span 20, and preservatives used are methyl and propyl parabens. The formulation (F2) with this combination gave emulgel of yellow color, homogeneous with good consistency, possessed pH of 6.51 ± 0.04, drug content of 98.7%, a viscosity of 14, 980 cps,...
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Miconazole nitrate is a broad-spectrum antifungal agent, and it is used for the treatment of superficial fungal infections. It has low skin permeability. Therefore, the aim of this study was to prepare proniosomal 2% miconazole nitrate sustained release to a treat deep-seated fungal infections. The different batches of proniosomal 2% miconazole nitrate gel were prepared by the conservation phase separation method using different non-ionic surfactants and Cholesterol. Preliminary trial batches were formulated and evaluated for different evaluation parameters like pH, viscosity, % entrapment efficiency, % drug content, and in-vitro drug release study. A 32 full factorial design was used to check the effect of Span 60 (X1) and Cholesterol (X1) on % entrapment efficiency (EE) and % drug release at 20 h (Q20). Multiple linear regression analysis, ANOVA, and graphical representation of the influence factor by 3D response surface plots were performed using Design Expert 9. Checkpoint batch was prepared to validate the evolved model. Optimized batch was found to be stable, and it showed release 94.76% in 24...
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Introduction: There are so many promising plant-based chemical constituents are present which act as an alternative therapy for the control of diabetes. But due to the lack of its proper quality control parameters, they are not widely used. The USFDA patent is approved for a fixed dosage combination of Mangiferin (MF) and Berberin HCl (BER) as antidiabetic herbal formulation. Objective: The literature review suggested that no UV spectroscopic method been reported in the literature review for the combination formulation of MF and BER. Methodology: The method is based on a simultaneous method using two wavelengths, 257 nm (λmax of MF) and 265 nm (λmax of BER). Methanol was used as a solvent. Results: The drug response with respect to absorbance was linear over the concentration range 5-30 μg/ml for MF and 10-60 μg/ml for BER. The percentage recovery of MF and BER as found to be 100.00% and 99.48%, respectively. The % R. S. D. values for intra-day, and the inter-day precision study was less than 2.0%, confirming that...
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The endophytic fungi isolated from the medicinal plant are an essential part of the current drug discovery from natural products. The endophytic fungus isolated from the healthy leaves of Psidium guajava was identified based on microscopic and cultural characteristics. The phylogenetic analysis inferred based on the internal transcribed spacer rRNA region sequence showed close similarity to Fusarium oxysporum. The secondary metabolite produced in solid-state, and submerged fermentation was extracted using ethyl acetate and acetone. The antimicrobial activity of the crude extract was screened by the agar well diffusion method. The inhibitory effect of the extract against bacterial pathogens was evaluated by minimum bactericidal concentration MBC and microdilution MIC methods. The antibacterial activity of the crude extract is significant at p<0.05 level. The extract presented a broad spectrum of inhibition against all the tested bacteria with inhibition zone diameter from 6.67 ± 0.58 mm to 22.00 ± 1.00 mm. The extract showed strong antimicrobial activity with MIC value from 0.156 mg/ml to 5.0 mg/ml and the MBC from 0.625 mg/ml...
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