R. Islam, Ahmed Tanjimul Islam, M. Hossain, K. Mazumder
{"title":"In vivo Analgesic activity of methanolic extract of Helianthus annuus seeds","authors":"R. Islam, Ahmed Tanjimul Islam, M. Hossain, K. Mazumder","doi":"10.3329/ICPJ.V5I4.27019","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3329/ICPJ.V5I4.27019","url":null,"abstract":"The sunflower seed is the seed of the sunflower (Helianthus annuus). The methanol extract of seeds of Helianthus annuus were screened for analgesic activity in mice model to systematically explore the medicinal values of the plant. Acetic acid induced writhing and hot plate methods were used to confirm the central and peripheral analgesic action. In case of acetic acid-induced writhing test the extract showed significant (P <0.05) analgesic potential at doses 100 and 200 mg/kg body weight (50.35 and 57.85% inhibition, respectively). In the hot plate method, increase (p < 0.05) of latency period was also observed in comparison to standard aspirin. At 60 minutes, the latency period of two different doses (100 and 200 mg/kg body weight) was found at 13 ± 0.91 and 16.5 ± 1.55 second. The results obtained support the use of Helianthus annuus seeds in painful conditions acting both centrally and peripherally.","PeriodicalId":13811,"journal":{"name":"International Current Pharmaceutical Journal","volume":"35 6 1","pages":"38-40"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-03-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83628983","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Analytical method development and validation of Secnidazole in the tablet dosage form by RP-HPLC method","authors":"T. Sharmin, M. Akter, M. S. Hossain","doi":"10.3329/ICPJ.V5I4.27020","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3329/ICPJ.V5I4.27020","url":null,"abstract":"Objective of the present work is to develop and validate a simple, cost effective, sensitive and fast HPLC method for the analysis of Secnidazole. A Shimadzu HPLC system with Luna 5µm C 18 column is employed for the analysis using Methanol:H 2 O (60:40, v/v) as mobile phase. Signal from Secnidazole is detected at 310nm by UV Spectrophotometer. The proposed method is fully validated and found to be linear over a workable drug concentration, accurate, precise and robust. This fast and inexpensive method is suitable for research laboratories as well as for quality control analysis in pharmaceutical industries. Sharmin et al., International Current Pharmaceutical Journal, March 2016, 5(4): 41-44 http://www.icpjonline.com/documents/Vol5Issue4/03.pdf","PeriodicalId":13811,"journal":{"name":"International Current Pharmaceutical Journal","volume":"195 1","pages":"41-44"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-03-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"89008201","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A. Khattab, Eltahir H. Babiker, H. A. S. Supervisor
{"title":"Streptomyces: isolation, optimization of culture conditions and extraction of secondary metabolites","authors":"A. Khattab, Eltahir H. Babiker, H. A. S. Supervisor","doi":"10.3329/ICPJ.V5I3.26695","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3329/ICPJ.V5I3.26695","url":null,"abstract":"The objectives of this study were to isolate and identify Streptomyces from soil sediments as well as to optimize cultural growth conditions for maximum antibacterial productivity. A total of fifty soil sediments were collected from Red Sea, Sudan. The soil sediments were pretreated and cultivated on agar medium. Promising Streptomyces spp. were isolated by agar overlay method using indicator organisms. Optimization of chemical and physical culture conditions was carried out. The later was judged by assessment of antibacterial activity. Ethyl acetate was used to extract the secondary metabolite compounds. The separation of the active ingredients was performed using both thin layer chromatography (TLC) and gas chromatography-mass spectrometer (GC-MS). The results revealed nine strains of Streptomyces . Of them two (PS1 and PS28) isolates exhibited high activity against pathogenic bacteria. The optimum growth conditions were pH 7.5, temperature at 30°C, soyabean concentration 2.5 g/l, incubation period in 7 days, MgSO 4 .7H 2 O conc. 1g/l and K 2 HPO 4 conc. 2.5g/l. TLC test showed three and two fragments from metabolites of PS1 and PS28 respectively, while the GC-MS analysis revealed eight and eleven compounds with antibacterial activity of PS1 and PS28 respectively. It is concluded that marine is promising source of secondary metabolites. Khattab et al., International Current Pharmaceutical Journal, February 2016, 5(3): 27-32","PeriodicalId":13811,"journal":{"name":"International Current Pharmaceutical Journal","volume":"120 1","pages":"27-32"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-02-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"78023353","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
M. Pandey, A. Pandey, R. Kumar, A. Pathak, A. Dikshit
{"title":"A Comparative antimicrobial analysis of Tridax procumbens L. various extracts on waterborne bacterial pathogens","authors":"M. Pandey, A. Pandey, R. Kumar, A. Pathak, A. Dikshit","doi":"10.3329/ICPJ.V5I3.26694","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3329/ICPJ.V5I3.26694","url":null,"abstract":"The present study focussed on the bactericidal effect of Tridax procumbens L. against water borne bacterial pathogens. The bacterial species used in present study were Escherichia coli, Vibrio cholerae, Salmonella typhimurium and Klebsiella pneumoniae, which cause serious diseases like Diarrhoea, Cholera, Salmonellosis, Pneumonia, etc. CLSI recommended broth microdilution method was used in this study for assessing the antibacterial efficacy of the candidate plant extract. Results were depicted in the form of IC 50 (mg/ml) and MIC (mg/ml) values. On the basis of this study it can be interpreted that Tridax procumbens L. proved to be a very potential source of antibacterial agent against some water borne bacterial. Pandey et al., International Current Pharmaceutical Journal, February 2016, 5(3): 22-26","PeriodicalId":13811,"journal":{"name":"International Current Pharmaceutical Journal","volume":"10 1","pages":"22-26"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-02-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"89709755","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Phytochemistry, pharmacological activities and traditional uses of Emblica officinalis: A review","authors":"M. R. Hasan, Md. Nasirul Islam, M. Islam","doi":"10.3329/ICPJ.V5I2.26441","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3329/ICPJ.V5I2.26441","url":null,"abstract":"From the ancient time, plants have been playing a key role for the betterment of mankind presenting as an extraordinary source of natural medicine. The complexity in formulating chemical based drugs as well as their health related side effects and uprising cost has led worldwide researchers to focus on medicinal plant research. Bangladesh has a vast repository of diverse plant species where about five thousand plants species have been claimed as having significant medicinal values. The researched papers on medicinal plants publishing from last few decades mention the activities of different plant bioactive compounds that are used widely in the treatment of various human ailments. Emblica officinalis is reported to possess bioactive compounds like tannins, flavonoids, saponins, terpenoids, ascorbic acids and many other compounds which are confirmed to have diverse pharmacological activities like antimicrobial, antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, radio-protective, hepatoprotective, antitissuive, immunomodulatory, hypolipedemic and many other activities. This medicinal plant is also reported to have anticancer, anti HIV-reverse transcriptase, antidiabetic, antidepressant, antiulcerogenic, wound healing activities and so forth. The current review paper summarizes the phytochemical constituents, pharmacological activities and traditional uses of the plant Emblica officinalis . Hasan et al., International Current Pharmaceutical Journal, January 2016, 5(2): 14-21","PeriodicalId":13811,"journal":{"name":"International Current Pharmaceutical Journal","volume":"95 1","pages":"14-21"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-01-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"79453668","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Novel core in cup (In-lay) tablets of lamotrigine for mucoadhesive drug delivery system","authors":"K. Srinija, P. Lakshmi","doi":"10.3329/ICPJ.V5I2.26440","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3329/ICPJ.V5I2.26440","url":null,"abstract":"Lamotrigine a BCS class II drug used in treatment of epilepsy has several disadvantages when taken orally (first pass metabolism and increased C max ). The aim of the study is to design core in cup (In lay) buccoadhesive tablets which aims for controlled, unidirectional release, increased patient compliance and decreased side effects. The present study involves the preparation of core in cup tablets containing release retarding polymers like sodium alginate, xanthan gum and HPMC E 15LV in core and HPMC K 15M in cup for mucoadhesion. L9 orthogonal array Taguchi design was constructed for the study. The dependent variable studied for L9 orthogonal array Taguchi runs include % drug release from which the formulation with highest S/N ratio was optimized. All the runs were evaluated for physical parameters, drug release, mucoadhesive studies and assay. L1, L2, L4 and L8 formulations showed controlled release for up-to 8 hours with good assay values. The model dependent kinetics showed zero order kinetics with super case II transport and Hixson Crowell mechanism which indicates unidirectional drug release. Srinija and Lakshmi, International Current Pharmaceutical Journal, January 2016, 5(2): 9-13","PeriodicalId":13811,"journal":{"name":"International Current Pharmaceutical Journal","volume":"3 1","pages":"9-13"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-01-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"89234617","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
R. Islam, Ahmed Tanjimul Islam, M. Hossain, K. Mazumder
{"title":"Central nervous system activity of the methanol extracts of Helianthus annuus seeds in mice model","authors":"R. Islam, Ahmed Tanjimul Islam, M. Hossain, K. Mazumder","doi":"10.3329/ICPJ.V5I1.25869","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3329/ICPJ.V5I1.25869","url":null,"abstract":"Helianthus annuus seeds contain various chemical components and evaluate different biological activities. The present study was carried out to investigate the central nervous system (CNS) activity of methanolic extract of Helianthus annuus seeds in mice model. General behaviour, antidepressant activity and anxiolytic activity was observed. The results revealed that the methanol extract of Helianthus annuus seeds at 100 and 200 mg/kg caused a significant increase in the spontaneous activity (general behavioural profile), moderate increase in anxiolytic activity (light-dark box and elevated plus maze test) and remarkable increase in antidepressant activity (tail suspension test). The results suggest that methanol extract of Helianthus annuus exhibit significant antidepressant and moderate anxiolytic activity in tested animal models. Islam et al., International Current Pharmaceutical Journal, December 2015, 5(1): 1-4","PeriodicalId":13811,"journal":{"name":"International Current Pharmaceutical Journal","volume":"1 1","pages":"1-4"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-12-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"79609147","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Vitamin D deficiency in children: A review on prevention and treatment strategy","authors":"Ibrahim Alreshidi","doi":"10.3329/ICPJ.V5I1.25870","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3329/ICPJ.V5I1.25870","url":null,"abstract":"As an essential fat-soluble vitamin in human body, the main function of vitamin D (VD) is mediated by its receptor. In the past decade, VD has drawn gradual and consistent attention from the scientific community and health professionals. According to epidemiological survey, approximately one billion people are under the state of vitamin D insufficiency or deficiency in the world. This phenomenon is also very common in China. By participating in calcium and phosphorus absorption from GIT, VD stands as a very important functional immune regulator. It plays a vital role in modulating both innate and adaptive immune responses, mainly through the modulation of growth, differentiation and function of a variety of immune cells, and the influence of secretion of cytokines and antimicrobial peptides. VD deficiency and pediatric diseases such as acute lower respiratory infection and asthma are associated with not only pediatric skeletal disorders (including nutritional rickets,osteomalacla,and osteoporosis), but also pediatric non-skeletal disorders, such as mortality rate, cardiovascular disorders and mortality,metabolic syndrome (including obesity,impaired glucose tolerance (IGT), diabetes mellitus, lipid metabolism disorders and hypertension), cancer,infection,allergy and asthma, neurological and mental diseases,autoimmune diseases,and chronic kidney diseases. Although VD treatment of skeletal disorders has been widely recognized,its efficacy and long-term effect on non-skeletal disorders is not clear. Hence, for the benefit of general children and their families, aim of the present review is to determine some convincing facts of evidence-based medicine about Chinese children, and to discuss certain reasonable, right and effective measures to prevent VD deficiency thereby reducing the risk of rickets. Alreshidi, International Current Pharmaceutical Journal, December 2015, 5(1): 5-8","PeriodicalId":13811,"journal":{"name":"International Current Pharmaceutical Journal","volume":"233 1","pages":"5-8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-12-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"75744969","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The analysis of the effectiveness and safety of levofloxacin in the treatment of lower respiratory tract infection.","authors":"Ibrahim Alreshidi, Khalid M. Al-Mutairi, Xie Han","doi":"10.3329/ICPJ.V4I12.25598","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3329/ICPJ.V4I12.25598","url":null,"abstract":"Objective of the current study was to investigate the effectiveness and safety of levofloxacin in the treatment of lower respiratory tract infection. The study was carried out in hospital on 120 patients with lower respiratory tract infection from January 2014 to January 2015. Patients were randomly divided into control and observation groups, each group contained 60 patients. The control group was given the routine dose of levofloxacin, whereas the observation group received the high dose of levofloxacin. The clinical effectiveness and incidence rate of untoward reactions between the two groups were statistically analyzed and evaluated. Patients’ cure rate in the observation group was 53.33%, significantly higher than that of the control group which was only 36.67%. Their differences have statistical significance (P 0.05). This study shows better clinical curative effect of high doses of levofloxacin treating lower respiratory infection with minimum risk. This method, which can significantly improve the quality of patient treatment with low adverse reaction risk, is worth popularizing in clinical use. Alreshidi et al., International Current Pharmaceutical Journal, November 2015, 4(12): 462-464","PeriodicalId":13811,"journal":{"name":"International Current Pharmaceutical Journal","volume":"88 1","pages":"462-464"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-11-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85496077","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Synthesis and in vivo Anti-inflammatory and Analgesic activities of Oxadiazoles clubbed with Benzothiazole nucleus","authors":"Vishal Kumar, Saurabh Sharma, A. Husain","doi":"10.3329/ICPJ.V4I12.25597","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3329/ICPJ.V4I12.25597","url":null,"abstract":"The aim of the present work is to synthesize and evaluate the anti-inflammatory and analgesic activity of 2-(5-substituted-1,3,4-oxadiazole-2-yl)-1,3-benzathiazole derivatives. In the present investigation, a series of 2-(5-substituted-1,3,4-oxadiazole-2-yl)-1,3-benzathiazole derivatives ( 3a 1 -3a 9 ) were synthesized by condensing benzothiazolyl carboxyhydrazide and appropriate aryl acids in the presence of phosphorous oxychloride. Structures of synthesized compounds were established on the basis of IR, 1 H NMR, and Mass spectroscopy. All the synthesized compounds were screened for their in-vivo anti-inflammatory and analgesic activities at the dose of 50 mg/kg and 10 mg/kg po. The biological result shows that some compounds were good in their anti-inflammatory and analgesic actions. Kumar et al., International Current Pharmaceutical Journal, November 2015, 4(12): 457-461","PeriodicalId":13811,"journal":{"name":"International Current Pharmaceutical Journal","volume":"2993 1","pages":"457-461"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-11-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"86535349","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}