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Diabetic foot ulcer (DFU) is one of the major problems encountered by nearly 15 % of diabetic patients. Combinations of different antibiotics are used to treat the infection which makes the microorganism multi drug resistant. Among various types of drug delivery system, transdermal drug delivery is preferred in treating DFU because it delivers the drug directly to the wound site, which increases the rate of healing. Terminalia chebula (King of medicine) is known to possess wound healing ability and high antimicrobial activity against almost all bacteria isolated from DFU. In this scenario, we have fabricated different combinations of drug loaded composite films of cellulose acetate and chitosan. The formulated films were characterized using UV-visible and FT-IR spectrophotometer. Physicochemical characterization of the films was done with respect to drug uniformity, moisture uptake, folding endurance, drug release and antimicrobial studies. The antimicrobial activity of the films was evaluated for E.coli and B.subtilis and observed a good control of the growth of microorganism. The results suggest that the cellulose based films are...
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The present work reports a prospective observational study to determine perioperative usage pattern of analgesics. Both general and regional anaesthesia and also different analgesics which is most effective to manage post operative pain were used. 120 patients were studied randomly as per criteria. Techniques of anaesthesia, pre, peri& post operative vitals and pain scores were noted in selected time interval. Pain score recorded 0-3 as mild, 4-6 as moderate & 7-10 as severe. Of all the analgesics administered in peri & postoperative period, Fentanyl (F) alone & in combination with diclofenac (D) were used maximum in perioperative period. These two groups were compared. In postoperative GA cases, majority patients received paracetamol (P) and tramadol (T) and in regional blocks, Pethidine (PE) Phenergan (PH) combination & tramadol were used. These groups werecompared to evaluate pain perception. Fentanyl alone found to be more effectivein maintaining hemodynamic stability. In fentanyl-diclofenac combination, pulse rate and blood pressure were higher than fentanyl alone. Pain scores were significantly higher in GA compared to regional blocks....
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Helminthes infections are more common in poor countries where people suffer from poor health hygiene and sanitation, though there are lot of marketed drugs available for these disease but the interesting thing about antihelminthics is that they are either pypirazine or benzimidazole derivatives, so as medicinal chemist the attention will be drawn towards these different moieties which exert same biological action, in this present work five derivatives of piperazine were synthesized by conventional methods using two schemes, by scheme 1 three compounds were synthesized which were Bis benzyl derivatives of pierazine and by scheme 2 already prepared piperazine 2,5 di one was reacted with benzimidazole derivatives to yield finally two benzimidazole linked piperazine derivatavies and these two different classes of piperazine deiatives were screened for antihelminthic activity against Pheretima posthuma to compare their potency in context of calculating paralyzing and death time. Result showed that bis-benzyl derivatives possess to some extent better activity than that of benzimidazole linked piperazine...
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Travoprost and Timolol Maleate are used in treatment of glaucoma by decreasing intra ocular pressure. The present study was designed to develop and validate a simple, sensitive, precise, and specific reverse phase high-performance liquid chromatographic (HPLC) method for simultaneous determination of Travoprost and Timolol maleate in ophthalmic dosage form. Chromatographic separation of these two drugs was achieved on Hypersil BDS C18 column (250 x 4.6 mm, 5 μm) as stationary phase with a mobile phase Water (pH2 adjusted with OPA): Methanol (85:15% v/v) at a flow rate of 0.8 ml/min and PDA detection at 233 nm. The method was carried out at 40oC. The retention times of Timolol maleate and Travoprost were found to be 2.48±0.01 min, 5.10±0.1min respectively. The proposed method was validated for system suitability, linearity, accuracy, precision, LOD, LOQ and robustness. The calibration curves were linear in the concentration range of 25% to 150% of the working concentration (r2 = 0.999) for both the drugs in binary mixture. The LOD was found to be 0.002 μg/ml...
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This study was undertaken to evaluate the antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and anticoagulant activities of aqueous extract and organic fractions of Thymus zygis. Water, dichloromethane, ethyl acetate and methanol were used as extractant solvents. The fractions were analyzed by HPLC and screened for their antioxidant activity in vitro using different assay. In vivo, the fractions were evaluated by use of the oil croton-induced ear edema and carrageenan-induced paw edema model in mice and rat, respectively. Prothrombin Time and Partial Thromboplastin Time were used to determine the effect of aqueous extract, methanol, aqueous fractions and coumarone-rich extract on intrinsic, extrinsic and/or common pathway of the coagulation cascade. All fractions were found to possess considerable antioxidant activity and the rosmarinic acid is the major polyphenol compound in majority fractions. In comparison with the indometacin, the hydrophobic fractions presented stronger anti-inflammatory activity in the croton oil induced edema. Methanol and acetate ethyl fractions (50 mg/kg) significantly reduced the edema induced by carrageenan and their effect was comparable to the reference drug indometacin (10 mg/kg)....
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