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Fixed dose combination (FDC’s) is the term, which generically used to mean a particular combination of active ingredient irrespective of the formulation or brand. Now a day’s irrational FDCs are more rapidly being marketed, which results in serious ADRs and reduction of patient quality of life. The study aims at assessing the rational usage of fixed dose combinations in community pharmacies by collection and evaluation of FDCs by using seven-point assessment scale, and development of FDC education tool for practicing rational use. The six months prospective interventional study, carried at community pharmacies where different FDCs were collected. All data regarding demographics details were collected in a suitably planned data collection form, base line survey, first visit and second visit was conducted using ten point questionnaires. Based on responses awareness was provided for appropriate use through FDCs educational tool. The data obtained were entered in Microsoft excel and graph pad instat software, the score of base line was compared with second follow up using Wilcoxon matched pair test. Out of...
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Introduction: Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) are widely used drugs to manage a variety of acute and chronic conditions associated with pain and/or inflammation. In the Indian market, various NSAIDs group of drugs are available in different formulations. This creates a lot of problem with physician to decide the drug of choice for individual patients. Objective: To evaluate price variation of different single NSAIDs formulations available in Indian market. Materials and Methods: Cost of a particular drug in the same strength and dosage forms being manufactured by different companies was obtained from “Current Index of Medical Specialties” (CIMS) Jan-Apr, 2015 and “Indian Drug Review” (IDR) Issue 1,2015. Difference between the maximum and minimum cost of the same drug manufactured by different pharmaceutical companies was calculated and percentage cost variation was calculated. Spearman correlation analysis and regression coefficient was done to observe the correlation between no. of manufacturing companies and their percentage price variation with the help of IBM Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS v.21). Results: For Oral preparations, Diclofenc(50mg...
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Protein glycation is a spontaneous post translational modification of proteins by excess sugars causing formation of advanced glycation end products (AGEs) in diabetic individuals and responsible for diabetes complications. A wide variety of anti-glycating agents have been reported & recently there has been interest in natural products with anti-glycation properties. Momordica charantia L (M. Charantia L) has been used historically for medicinal purposes particularly for treatment of diabetes & cancers. M. Charantia L Extract contains potent antioxidant activity and it can be a useful anti-glycating agent. Material & methods: Human serum albumin was used for in vitro glycation. Various concentrations of extract of M. Charantia L were analyzed. Results: Co-incubation of the M. Charantia L. extract with HSA-fructose mixture intensify the fructose mediated glycation of HSA as indicated by increases fluorescence intensity in tryptophan fluorescence &AGE related fluorescence studies. Conclusion: M. Charantia L. seems to aggravate sugar mediated glycation of the protein and need further studies to pinpoint specific bioactive compounds responsible for the observed...
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Objective: To analyze phytochemicals both qualitatively and quantitatively and to estimate in vitro antioxidant activity, total phenolic content and concentration of flavonoids of methanolic extract of leaf, stem and fruit of an important medicinal plant Murraya koenigii Linn. Methods: Phytochemical screening of extracts was carried out. Aluminium chloride colorimetric method was used to estimate TFC (total flavonoid content) and TPC (total phenolic content) was measured by Folin-ciocalteu method. Two different assays- DPPH free radical scavenging and LPO were used for determination of antioxidant activity. Results: Quantitative estimation of primary metabolites showed maximum amount of sugar, starch in stem, while lipid and protein in leaf. The TPC were ranging between 18.4±0.21 to 25.2±0.16 mg GAE/gm DW while TFC were found maximum 13.53±0.16 mg QE/gm DW in leaves. The DPPH radical scavenging capacity was found maximum in leaves (IC50 49.86±1.16) and maximum activity in LPO assay was shown by leaf extract (23.715±1.68 μM MDAg-1DW). Conclusions: These results are suggestive of primary bioactive compounds of commercially importance and also Murraya koenigii Linn...
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Senna alata is an important medicinal and ornamental flowering tree, in the subfamily of Caesalpinioideae, which was found in diverse habitat in the tropics. Leaves or sap are used to treat several infections such as skin diseases, bronchitis, asthma and ringworm. The present study was design to investigate for conserve the important medicinal plant by establishing an efficient in vitro seed germination method. The seed germination was gradually decreased by increasing the age of the seeds. The seeds were pretreatment with different chemicals such as, sulphuric acid, hydrochloric acid and distilled water. After pretreatment the seeds were surface sterilized with various concentration of mercuric chloride. The objective of the present study the effect of different pretreatment as in vitro seed germination and seedling development of S. alata Linn. Seed propagation is still used as a specialized tool for breeding and propagation of pathogen-free...
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