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Nonionic surfactant vesicles (niosomes) result from the organized assembly of sufficiently insoluble surfactants in aqueous media. The low cost of ingredients and manufacture, possibility of large-scale production, stability and the resultant ease of storage of niosomes have led to the exploitation of these nano carriers as alternatives to other micro and nano-encapsulation technologies. Niosomes are an already established encapsulation technology in different areas including food, biotechnology, cosmetics and pharmaceutics. This article reviews general properties of niosomes along with recent trends in their preparation methods and their applications in the encapsulation and delivery of bioactive agents via different routes....
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A number of prenylated benzoic acids derivatives with interesting biological activities have been previously isolated and characterized from different species of piperaceae family. Several Piper species contained structurally similar compounds with diverse biological activities such as anti-bacterial, anti-fungal, insecticidal as well as anti-parasitic all of which produces compounds that can be classified as prenylated benzoic acid derivatives. Piper sp has proven to serve as a source of potential anti-infective agents by developing a biosynthetic route to the synthesis of prenylated benzoic acids derivative natural products as their chemical defense system. Despite the frequent isolation of these interesting compounds with strong biological activity, yet none have been taking into consideration for development into therapeutic...
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Typhoid fever is serious public health problem in many parts of the world.Typhoid fever, also known as enteric fever, is an illness caused by the bacterium, Salmonella typhi. The immunology of typhoid fever in man has been the subject of a recent review. The diagnosis and subsequent treatment could reduce infection complication towards acute illness. It is difficult at present time, to diagnose typhoid fever early in its course. The immunological assay can be designed for the earlier detection. The detection of specific bacterial antigen from body fluid and serum was suggested to be an important diagnostic method in infections disease. The EIA i.e., Enzyme Immuno Assay can be carried out which is found to be very significant. The results are discussed here in relation to the concept of detection of fever in early...
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The study was aimed to evaluate the anticancer activity of the Soft Halicona species on the HeLa cell line. The Soft Halicona species methanol and Dichloromethane extracts were tested for its inhibitory effect on HeLa cell line. The percentage viability of the cell line was carried out by using colorimetric method. The cytotoxicity of Soft Halicona specieson HeLa cell was evaluated by MTT assay. Both the methanol and Dichloromethane extract has significant cytotoxic effect on HeLa cell line in concentration range between 0.1µg/ml to 100µg/ml by using MTT assay. R2 value of Soft Halicona species on HeLa cell of methanol extract was 0.8316 and for dichloromethane extract was 0.6699 and percentage cell inhibition for methanol extract 61.40% and Dichloromethane extract was 46.98%....
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The regulatory authorities are now focusing on the regulatory issues of traditional medicines under which Unani system of medicine falls. Today we are witnessing an increase in the use of traditional medicines throughout the world raising the questions as to how safe these preparations are. People are now bending towards the Unani system of medicine because of its safety, efficacy and lesser side effects and hence raising the popularity of the Unani system of medicine. The major problem associated with Unani system of medicine is the lack of regulatory issues that ultimately leads to counterfeiting of Unani medicines. In the present article an endeavour has been made to present an overview of Unani system of medicine with special attention towards the Unani Cosmeceuticals products. This article intends to contribute towards the regulatory knowledge by giving a survey of published information regarding the regulations of the Unani Cosmeceuticals products. This article also focuses on the good manufacturing practices along with the standards for Unani Cosmeceuticals drug contents. This present article...
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