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Ethno-medicinal plants have a significant role in the field of natural product research and drug discovery since ancient times. Drymaria cordata (L.) Willd. Ex Schult. belongs to the family Caryophyllaceae is an ethnomedicinal plant used as a home remedy in jaundice by the tea tribes of erstwhile Nagaon district of Assam. The present study deals with the evaluation of the phytoconstituents of Drymaria cordata using methanol extract. All the standard phytochemical procedures were followed for the detection of the phytoconstituents. The preliminary phytochemical screening revealed the occurrence of alkaloids, flavonoids, phenols, tannins and saponins. The presence of O-H stretch, C-O stretch, C-H stretch, C-H bend, N-H stretch and N-H bend were confirmed through FT-IR analysis. Several bioactive compounds like Cyclohexan-1,4,5-triol-3-one-1-carboxylic acid, Beta-D-glucopyranose-1,6-anhydro, L-gala-L-ido-octose, 3, 7, 11, 15-Tetra-methyl-2-hexadecen-1-ol, n-Hexadecanoic acid, 9, 12 Octadecadienoic acids (Z,Z)-, 9,12-Octadecadienoic acid, methyl ester, Oleyl alcohol and 17-Octadecynoic acid were identified through GC-MS analysis. From this study, it can be concluded that Drymaria cordata possesses several medicinally important secondary metabolites. Further phytochemical and pharmacological investigations...
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Amantadine hydrochloride (1), a well-known antiviral drug, has been used to treat certain type-A influenza infections and been also medicated as an anti-dyskinetic agent for Parkinson’s disease. In this paper, we report a simple and economical procedure for synthesis of amantadine hydrochloride (1) from 1-bromoadamantane (3) and urea in a one-step procedure with high yield (81%) and advantage. The structure of the obtained amantadine hydrochloride was confirmed by MS, 1H-NMR and 13C-NMR spectra and its quality was validated following the United State Pharmacopeia (USP 38). In addition, the synthesis condition was optimized following parameters including reaction reagent as source of nitrogen, reaction temperature, reaction time, reagent molar-ratio, solvent and HCl concentration, successively, to archive the highest yield of amantadine hydrochloride (1) at the following certified condition: reaction temperature = 175°C; reaction time = 1.0 h; molar ratio of (urea: 1-bromo-adamantane) = (3 : 1), in diphenyl ether with ratio of (Ad-Br : Ph2O) = 1.1 g :1 mL),...
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The objective of this study was to formulate luteolin with radioisotope Technetium-99m (99mTc) to be 99mTc-Luteolin as an antioxidant compound. After optimization, this radiopharmaceutical preparation should be examined for its physicochemical characteristics, such as radiochemical purity, stability, lipophilicity, protein plasma binding, electronic charge, and stability test. The formulation was done by mixing the luteolin compound with radioisotope 99mTc by using SnCl2 as a reducing agent. Radiopharmaceutical compound 99mTc-Luteolin was formed, then tested for physicochemical characteristics. The result of radiochemical purity was 98.19% ± 1.30%, Log P 0.95 ± 0.07, protein plasma binding 38.01% ± 4.28%, and had neutral charges, test stability at room temperature showed that the radiopharmaceutical purity value was better than in plasma. The results obtained in this research work indicated 99mTc-Luteolin radiopharmaceutical compounds had good physico-chemical properties and were relatively stable in room temperature than in blood plasma. This optimization condition has the potential to be developed into a radiopharmaceutical...
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The purpose of this study is to formulation and evaluation of floating and mucoadhesion microspheres of etodolac using ionic gelation method. The floating and mucoadhesion microspheres were studied for micromeritic properties were found to be within limits. The percentage yield of floating microsphere formulation F1 to F6 and mucoadhesive microspheres M1 to M3 were in the range of 77.14 ± 0.64 to 92.74 ± 0.74%. The in-vitro buoyancy of formulation F1 to F6, it was range from 71.96 ± 1.04 to 82.96 ± 1.07. Among all formulation, F6 was found to be highest in-vitro buoyancy 82.96 ± 1.07. The results also showed that the larger the particle size, the longer the floating time. The entrapment efficiency of floating microspheres F1 to F6 and mucoadhesive microspheres were in the range of 77.43 ± 2.72 to 98.11 ± 2.59. Formulations prepared with sodium alginate alone have shown maximum drug release at 12 h in the ratio of 1:3. Formulations prepared with sodium alginate along with HPMC K 4M retard the drug...
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Periodontal disease is one of the most prevalent oral diseases is caused by the gram-negative bacterial infection of periodontal pocket identified by inflammation of subgingival plaque and degeneration of alveolar bones, teeth, dental cementum, and periodontal ligaments. 80% of American adult and more than 50% of the Indian community suffers from this chronic inflammatory infection depicting the severity of the Periodontitis disease. The available therapies are to minimize the bacterial infection and to regenerate the damage done by infection and inflammation. The therapies involve systemic therapy, conventional therapy, as well as local therapy. The localized drug delivery system using anti-bacterial drug Moxifloxacin is a fourth generation fluoroquinolone antibiotic drug used in periodontal infections. The present study aimed at designing and evaluating Eudragit-coated pectin microspheres for localized controlled release of drug to achieve a minimum inhibitory concentration in the periodontal pocket. The microspheres were prepared by emulsion dehydration technique using pectin as a polymer coated with Eudragit RS100. The formulation B2 were characterized by particle size, Scanning electron microscopy (SEM),...
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