{"title":"Selection of an optimal method for the preparation of dual loaded flavono polymeric nanoparticle using analytical hierarchy process","authors":"Senthilkumar Chinnamaruthu, M. Sellappan","doi":"10.3329/ICPJ.V3I4.18264","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3329/ICPJ.V3I4.18264","url":null,"abstract":"In this study, analytical hierarchy process was used to select an optimal method for the preparation of dual loaded flavono polymeric nanoparticles. Analytical hierarchy process involves structuring multiple choice criteria into a hierarchy, assessing the relative importance of criteria, comparing alternatives for each criterion and determining an overall ranking of the alternatives. Hierarchy model was developed with the goal in the first level, 10 criteria in the second level and methods for the preparation of polymeric nanoparticles in the third level. To assess the relative importance of criteria, all criteria were compared with each other using Saaty’s scale. To compare the methods, all the methods for the preparation of polymeric nanoparticles were compared with each other for each criterion using Saaty’s scale, which leads to the formation of pair-wise comparison matrixes and consistency ratio was calculated for the each pair-wise comparison matrix. The study result showed that the consistency ratio of each pair-wise comparison matrix were well within acceptable limits. Of 10 criteria, reproducible results received the maximum overall priority weight followed by desirable size. Of 10 methods, nanoprecipitation method received the maximum overall priority weight followed by supercritical fluid technology. Analytical hierarchy process has identified reproducible results as criteria preference and nanoprecipitation as an optimal method for the preparation of dual loaded flavono polymeric nanoparticles. The study concludes that the analytical hierarchy process has played a vital role in selecting an optimal method for the preparation of dual loaded flavono polymeric nanoparticles. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/icpj.v3i4.18264 International Current Pharmaceutical Journal, March 2014, 3(4): 247-253","PeriodicalId":13811,"journal":{"name":"International Current Pharmaceutical Journal","volume":"53 1","pages":"247-253"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-03-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"86845886","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":"Effect of synthetic super disintegrants and natural polymers in the preparation of donepezil hydrochloride fast disintegration films","authors":"P. Lakshmi, D. Lavanya, M. Ali","doi":"10.3329/ICPJ.V3I3.17892","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3329/ICPJ.V3I3.17892","url":null,"abstract":"The main aim of the present research was to develop a fast dissolving oral polymeric film with good mechanical properties, faster disintegration and dissolution when placed on tongue. Donepezil hydrochloride (DPH) is prescribed in the treatment of mild to moderate Alzheimer’s disease (AD). The polymers selected for preparing films were sodium alginate (SA), poly vinyl alcohol (PVA) and guar gum (GG). Three batches of films were prepared by solvent casting method with sodium alginate, sodium alginate & PVA and with the combination of sodium alginate & guar gum. From these three batches, three optimized film formulations S3, SP7 and SG8 were selected based on disintegration time. To these three selected film formulations, superdisintegrants sodium starch glycolate (SSG), cross carmellose sodium (CCS) and cross povidone (CP) were added at a concentration of 4% w/w of polymer to improve the disintegration time. The films prepared with or without superdisintegrants were compared for fast releasing properties. Based on DT and in vitro dissolution data, S3CP was selected as the best formulation among the all formulations. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/icpj.v3i3.17892 International Current Pharmaceutical Journal, February 2014, 3(3): 243-246","PeriodicalId":13811,"journal":{"name":"International Current Pharmaceutical Journal","volume":"26 1","pages":"243-246"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-02-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"89690012","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}
Fakhri A. Elabbar, Nawil M. A. Bozkeha, Ashraf T.M. El-Tuonsia
{"title":"Extraction, separation and identification of compounds from leaves of Solanum elaeagnifolium Cav. (Solanaceae)","authors":"Fakhri A. Elabbar, Nawil M. A. Bozkeha, Ashraf T.M. El-Tuonsia","doi":"10.3329/ICPJ.V3I3.17890","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3329/ICPJ.V3I3.17890","url":null,"abstract":"Aim of the present study was to identify some phenolic compounds isolated from the dried powder leaves of Solanum Elaeagnifolium Cav. (Solanaceae family) collected from Benghazi area, Libya originally native in the Americas. The extraction was carried out with methanol at room temperature and treated by acidification (H 2 SO 4 , pH = 4) & basification (NH 4 OH, pH = 10). The compounds were separated by chromatographic method through a wet glass silica gel column and purification by medium pressure liquid chromatography (MPLC). The experiment yielded one novel compound named 2-(2-hydroxyphenoxy)-3,6,8-trihydroxy-4H-chromen-4-one [A 3 ] and three previously known phenolic which were isolated for the first time from this plant under study (Quercetin [A 1 ], Rutin [A 2 ] & Mangiferin [A 4 ]). The structures were determined using modern spectroscopic techniques (IR, EI-mass, 1 H-NMR, 13 C-NMR, APT, HMQC & COSY) using DMSO-d 6 solvent in magnetic resonance application. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/icpj.v3i3.17890 International Current Pharmaceutical Journal, February 2014, 3(3): 234-239","PeriodicalId":13811,"journal":{"name":"International Current Pharmaceutical Journal","volume":"37 1","pages":"234-239"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-02-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"75847782","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":"Effect of various extracts of Tabernaemontana divaricata on haloperidol induced catalepsy in rats","authors":"C. Raj, A. Balasubramaniam, Sayyed Nadeem","doi":"10.3329/ICPJ.V3I3.17891","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3329/ICPJ.V3I3.17891","url":null,"abstract":"Parkinson’s disease (PD) is one of the neurodegenerative diseases with selective loss of dopamine neurons of the substantia nigra pars compacta. In the present study, anti-cataleptic activity of Tabernaemontana divaricata leaves extracts viz. aqueous and ethanolic at different doses (50, 100 and 150 mg/kg i.p.) were studied using haloperidol (1 mg/kg, i.p.) induced catalepsy in rats which is a useful animal model for screening drugs for Parkinson’s disease. Both the extracts were found to reduce catalepsy significantly (P<0.001) as compared to the haloperidol treated rats showing greater effect at 150 mg/kg i.p. dose. Thus the present study reveals the anti-cataleptic activity of Tabernaemontana divaricata evaluating the traditional folklore medicinal use of the plant. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/icpj.v3i3.17891 International Current Pharmaceutical Journal, February 2014, 3(3): 240-242","PeriodicalId":13811,"journal":{"name":"International Current Pharmaceutical Journal","volume":"52 1","pages":"240-242"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-02-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85145896","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}
Abdulkarim K. Y. Alzomor, Ahmad Safe Moharram, N. Absi
{"title":"Formulation and evaluation of potash alum as deodorant lotion and after shaving astringent as cream and gel","authors":"Abdulkarim K. Y. Alzomor, Ahmad Safe Moharram, N. Absi","doi":"10.3329/ICPJ.V3I2.17512","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3329/ICPJ.V3I2.17512","url":null,"abstract":"Potash alum has different traditional application including deodorant and astringent. In order to wide advancement in development of pharmaceutical and cosmetic industries we preferred to work in this field as well as for improvement of safety and efficacy of traditionally used natural products. The aim of the present study was to formulate deodorant potash alum as lotion dosage form and astringent as cream and gel dosage forms. The activity of potash alum against axillaries normal microbiota was tested in vitro using wells diffusion agar method for different concentrations (0.1% to 9%) on Mueller Hinton (MH) agar and the minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) was determined as 2% and also subculture was done to determine the activity of potash alum as bacteriostatic. Alum powder has wide traditional usage as astringent to prevent bleeding from minor cuts and for its accelerated healing. Therefore, a more appropriate dosage form was designed in a suitable concentration (2% gel) to elongate its astringent activity by its higher retention time due to highly viscous nature of gel. Using suitable excipients, 2% lotion and gel were prepared by dispersion method while emulsification was used for preparation of the potash alum cream of same strength. The above formulations were evaluated by comparing their pH, viscosity, spreadability, contents uniformity and in vitro diffusion. The stability study was carried out at 25°C for 3 months and at 40°C with 75±5% RH for one month. pH, viscosity, spreadability, extrudability and consistency of the products were evaluated at the end of the studies. The results indicated no change in the formulations demonstrating their stable nature as a dosage form and suitability as a commercial product line. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/icpj.v3i2.17512 International Current Pharmaceutical Journal, January 2014, 3(2): 228-233","PeriodicalId":13811,"journal":{"name":"International Current Pharmaceutical Journal","volume":"27 1","pages":"228-233"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"77814010","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":"Protective effect of Oroxylum indicum on acetaminophen induced liver injury in rat","authors":"M. Bharali, H. Konya, Luk Bahadur Chetry","doi":"10.3329/ICPJ.V3I2.17511","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3329/ICPJ.V3I2.17511","url":null,"abstract":"Acetaminophen (APAP) is a common antipyretic drug and leads to liver failure at over dose. In this study, the hepatoprotective effect of Aqueous Methanolic Bark Extract of Oroxylum indicum (L.)Vent. ( AMBEOI ) has been evaluated in rat model. Rats were treated with 1000 mgkg ‐ 1 body weight of APAP alone or with AMBEOI (10, 50 and 100 mgkg ‐ 1 ). Serum Alanine aminotransferase (ALT), Aspartate aminotransferase (AST), Lipid peroxidation (LPO) in liver tissues were estimated 24 hrs after APAP and AMBEOI treatment. AMBEOI administration effectively reduced serum level of ALT and AST released from liver cells when compared to APAP treated group. AMBEOI also inhibited production of LPO in the liver tissues of APAP treated rats. Histopathological examination of liver samples revealed reduced necrotic areas in AMBEOI treated APAP group compared to APAP alone treated group. Together, this study confirmed the hepatoprotective activities of AMBEOI in APAP induced liver damage in rat. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/icpj.v3i2.17511 International Current Pharmaceutical Journal, January 2014, 3(2): 223-227","PeriodicalId":13811,"journal":{"name":"International Current Pharmaceutical Journal","volume":"21 1","pages":"223-227"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"86744262","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}
Shammy Sarwar, Asif Malik, Muhammad Ashikur Rahman, Md Zakiur Rahman, M. Rana
{"title":"Antioxidant, cytotoxic and analgesic activities of the methanolic fruit extract of Terminalia chebula Retz.","authors":"Shammy Sarwar, Asif Malik, Muhammad Ashikur Rahman, Md Zakiur Rahman, M. Rana","doi":"10.3329/ICPJ.V3I1.17296","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3329/ICPJ.V3I1.17296","url":null,"abstract":"The present study was aimed to investigate antioxidant, analgesic and cytotoxic activity of the methanolic extract of Terminalia chebula Retz. fruits. Antioxidant potential of the extract was evaluated by using nitric oxide scavenging assay, reducing power and total antioxidant capacity. The extract showed significant activities in all antioxidant assays compared to ascorbic acid in a dose dependent mode. In nitric oxide scavenging assay, the IC 50 value of the extract was found to be 51.3 µg/mL while the IC 50 value of ascorbic acid was 77.4 µg/mL. In addition to strong reducing power, total antioxidant activity of the extract was also found to increase in a dose dependent manner. The analgesic activity was evaluated using acetic acid-induced writhing test in mice. The extract, at a dose of 500 mg/kg, showed a maximum of 44.17 % inhibition ( p < 0.05) of writhing reaction compared to the reference drug diclofenac-sodium (66.96 %). The extract also showed moderate cytotoxic activity in brine shrimp lethality bioassay and the LC 50 value was found to be 97.36 µg/mL. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/icpj.v3i1.17296 International Current Pharmaceutical Journal, December 2013, 3(1): 219-222","PeriodicalId":13811,"journal":{"name":"International Current Pharmaceutical Journal","volume":"28 1","pages":"219-222"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-12-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"82004053","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":"Validated TLC-densitometry method for determination of cetirizine dihydrochloride in tablet dosage form","authors":"Nia Kristiningrum, Ellsy Novita Martyanti","doi":"10.3329/ICPJ.V3I1.17294","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3329/ICPJ.V3I1.17294","url":null,"abstract":"A rapid, reproducible and accurate TLC method was developed for the determination of Cetirizine Dihydrochloride in tablet. The analytes were dissolved with ethanol 70% and chromatographed on silica Gel GF 254 TLC plate using chloroform : methanol : ethyl acetate in the ratio of 2 : 7 : 3 (v/v) as mobile phase. Quantitative analysis was done through densitometric measurement at wavelength 234 nm. Method was found linear over the concentration range of 400 – 1600 ng/spot with the correlation coefficient of 0.996. Specificity showed calculation of purity and identity more than 0.99. The limit of detection (LOD) and the limit of quantification (LOQ) of the method were 75.54 and 226.64 ng/spot. The relative standard deviation of this method was 0.86% whereas the means of the recovery data was 100.54 ± 0.11%. The proposed method has been applied to the determination of Cetirizine Dihydrochloride in commercial tablet formulations and the result were 96.97 ± 0.86 % for brand A and 100.57 ± 1.17 % for brand B. The developed method was successfully used for the assay of Cetirizine Dihydrochloride. This method is simple, sensitive and precise; it can be used for the routine quality control testing of marketed formulations. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/icpj.v3i1.17294 International Current Pharmaceutical Journal, December 2013, 3(1): 208-210","PeriodicalId":13811,"journal":{"name":"International Current Pharmaceutical Journal","volume":"24 2 1","pages":"208-210"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-12-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"82683321","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":"Evaluation of cytotoxicity, anti-herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) and antibacterial activities of Ficus vasta and phytoconstituents","authors":"Kh. Rashed, L. Ono","doi":"10.3329/ICPJ.V3I1.17295","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3329/ICPJ.V3I1.17295","url":null,"abstract":"This study deals with the evaluation of in vitro cytotoxicity of the methanol 80% extract of Ficus vasta aerial parts in Vero cells, anti-HSV-1 and antibacterial activities and the determination of the phytochemical content of the F. vasta methanol extract. The extract was tested for its cytotoxicity in Vero cells and for anti-HSV-1 and against bacterial strains as S. aureus , S. epidermidis , E. coli and P. aeruginosa and also phytochemical constituents were detected. The results showed that this extract presented a CC 50 value of 389 µg/mL, an intermediate value taking into account other researchers reported for some Moraceae species. Regarding the other biological activities, antiviral effect was not demonstrated by a HSV-1 challenge dilution of 100x tissue culture infective dose 50% (TCID 50 ) and also by the disk-diffusion method at the higher non-toxic concentration of the extract (119 µg/mL). Phytochemical analysis of the methanol extract proved the presence of carbohydrates, tannins, flavonoids, coumarins, alkaloids and triterpenes. Chromatographic separation of the methanol extract resulted in the isolation and identification of β -sitosterol, stigmasterol, lupeol, ursolic acid, naringenin, luteolin , quercetin, vitexin, quercetin 3- O-β -glucoside and rutin. The results indicated that F. vasta aerial parts methanol extract is potential candidate for experiments of biological activity screening that are not anti-HSV-1 or antibacterial against the strains evaluated in this study, to be carried on in the future. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/icpj.v3i1.17295 International Current Pharmaceutical Journal, December 2013, 3(1): 211-218","PeriodicalId":13811,"journal":{"name":"International Current Pharmaceutical Journal","volume":"20 1","pages":"211-218"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-12-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"75408476","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":"Formulation development and evaluation of Glibenclamide loaded Eudragit RLPO microparticles","authors":"B. P. Kumar, I. S. Chandiran, K. N. Jayaveera","doi":"10.3329/ICPJ.V2I12.17016","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3329/ICPJ.V2I12.17016","url":null,"abstract":"The objective of the present investigation was to formulate and evaluate microencapsulated Glibenclamide produced by the emulsion – solvent evaporation method. Microparticles were prepared using Eudragit RLPO by emulsion solvent evaporation method and characterized for their micromeritic properties, encapsulation efficiency, particle size, drug loading, FTIR, DSC, SEM analysis. In vitro release studies were performed in phosphate buffer (pH 7.4). Stability studies were conducted as per ICH guidelines. The resulting microparticles obtained by solvent evaporation method were free flowing in nature. The mean particle size of microparticles ranges from 134.49 – 179.72 µm and encapsulation efficiency ranges from 92.30-98.32%. The infrared spectra and differential scanning calorimetry thermographs confirmed the stable character of Glibenclamide in the drug-loaded microparticles. Scanning electron microscopy revealed that the microparticles were spherical in nature. In vitro release studies revealed that the drug release was sustained up to 12 hrs. The release kinetics of Glibenclamide from optimized formulation followed zero-order and peppas mechanism. The mechanism of drug release from the microparticles was found to be non-Fickian type. Eudragit RLPO microparticles containing Glibenclamide could be prepared successfully by using an emulsion solvent evaporation technique, which will not only sustain the release of drug but also manage complicacy of the diabetes in a better manner. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/icpj.v2i12.17016 International Current Pharmaceutical Journal, November 2013, 2(12): 196-201","PeriodicalId":13811,"journal":{"name":"International Current Pharmaceutical Journal","volume":"59 1","pages":"196-201"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-11-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"78268223","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}