Infertility due to clinical complications or conditions arising due to congenital or acquired absence of a healthy functioning uterus in women leads the couple to opt for surrogacy that involves high risk both for mother and future child. In some societies as in India and in East...
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Research Article10.9734/JPRI/2017/38685
Antibiotics for pediatric use are commonly available as dry powders for reconstitution into oral suspensions. Once reconstituted, these oral suspensions should be refrigerated to preserve their potency and deliver optimal benefit to the patient. However, for reasons ranging from...
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Research Article10.9734/JPRI/2017/38553
Aim: The study evaluated the efficacy and possible mechanism of the stem bark of Zanthoxylum species used by communities and herbalists for wound healing in South Western Uganda. Study Design: Experimental controlled. Place and Duration: Departments of Pharmacy, Pharmacology and...
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Research Article10.9734/JPRI/2017/36766
Aims: Recently the use of antifungal drugs in human medicine has been increased, especially with the advent of AIDS epidemic. The extensive use of antifungal drugs and their resistance against fungal infections have led to the discovery of new antimicrobial compounds. Despite the...
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Research Article10.9734/JPRI/2017/38244
Four simple and accurate spectrophotometric methods were developed for the simultaneous determination of paracetamol, pamabrom and pyrilamine maleate. The first is a zero order spectrophotometric method used for the determination of pyrilamine maleate in presence of paracetamol a...
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Research Article10.9734/JPRI/2017/38353
Aims: Jatropha curcas (J. curcas) is a plant that has numerous medicinal and industrial applications. Evaluation of in vitro and in vivo acute/sub chronic hepato-renal toxicity of crude methanol J. curcas leaf extract on albino rats, in vitro toxicity of the fractions and charact...
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Research Article10.9734/JPRI/2017/38137
Objective: The objective of this research is to investigate the analgesic and antipyretic activity of methanolic extract of Hemigraphis hirta. Methods: Whole dried plant of Hemigraphis hirta was extracted with pure methanol. Analgesic activity was tested by both acetic acid induc...
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Research Article10.9734/JPRI/2017/37077
A novel method for evaluating antitermite activity was standardized whereby filter papers treated with 50% methanolic, 90% methanolic and aqueous extracts of Thevetia peruviana leaves from polluted and non-polluted sites against Odontotermes obesus. In vivo investigation was carr...
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Research Article10.9734/JPRI/2017/37693
Present study was accomplished to prospect the viability of using the montmorillonite (Mon) nanoparticles as an adsorbent to remove the Ampicillin under various experimental conditions. The Physico-chemical characteristics of the studied adsorbent were surveyed. Langmuir, Freundl...
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Research Article10.9734/JPRI/2017/38056
Aim: This work aims at investigating the effect of drying methods on the powder and compaction properties of microcrystalline cellulose (MCC) obtained from the matured fruit husk of Cocos nucifera (CN). Study Design: Experimental design. Place and Duration of Study: University of...
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Research Article10.9734/JPRI/2017/37615