Background: High-risk medicines are outlined as those medicines that have a high risk of inflicting pain or death once employed to patients in error. Hence, this work was done to identify key parameters of mishandling observed by the administration on high-risk medication. Method...
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Research Article10.9734/ajmah/2022/v20i530464
The aqueous distillate (arka) of Boerhaavia diffusa was prepared and investigated qualitatively for TLC. The following work constitutes the enrichment of constituents present in the aqueous distillate (arka) by partition technique using various solvents such as toluene and ethyl...
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Research Article10.9734/bjpr/2016/19399
Aim: This study was designed to evaluate the possible modulatory effect of vitamine E on tacrolimus (FK506)-induced renal injury in rats. Methods: Twenty-four male Wistar rats (6 animals in each group) were used in this study. The first group (Control) received normal saline intr...
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Research Article10.9734/bjpr/2016/21684
Aims: Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy (HAART) is associated with metabolic complications. An unexpected extension of functional implications of melatonin, the neuro-hormone synthetized during the night, has been reported on the development of type 2 diabetes, sleep disturban...
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Research Article10.9734/bjpr/2016/29474
Omeprazole (OPZ) efficiently suppresses acid secretion in the parietal cells of the stomach. It is widely recommended as proton pump inhibitor (PPI) in Egypt. Presence of many products containing omeprazole available in the Egyptian market raises questions of generic substitution...
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Research Article10.9734/bjpr/2016/29952
Aim: Morus mesozygia is a specie of the Morus family in Africa that is traditionally used for the treatment of rheumatism. Until this moment, there is no available literature on the scientific evidence of the in vivo anti-inflammatory effects. The aim is to determine the safety o...
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Research Article10.9734/bjpr/2016/28746
The focus of this research work was to develop a melt granulation technique to enhance solubility, dissolution rate and associated flowability concerns of Ibuprofen. Hydrophilic excipients like xylitol and lactose anhydrous were added to the binary mixture of conventional low mel...
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Research Article10.9734/bjpr/2016/29048
Two methods were developed for simultaneous determination of triclabendazole and ivermectin, in addition to a Vis-spectrophotometric method for the analysis of ivermectin only. The first one was HPLC method in which efficient separation of two drugs was achieved on a C18 column w...
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Research Article10.9734/bjpr/2016/29196
Aims: This study was undertaken to evaluate the effectiveness of behavioral modulation of C. cassia extract against Haloperidol induced Parkinson’s disease (PD) in albino mice. Study Design: The study used animal models to test the effect of Haloperidol in development of PD and e...
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Research Article10.9734/bjpr/2016/29286
Odontonema is a group of tropical plant species used in folklore medicine because of its wide range of pharmacological properties. These plants are known to be anti-bacterial, anti-inflammatory, anti-hypertensive, anti-viral, hepatoprotective, sedative and anti-oxidant. Furthermo...
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Research Article10.9734/bjpr/2016/29877
Self-medication involves the use of medicinal products by the individuals to treat self-recognized diseases or symptoms or the intermittent or continuous use of medication prescribed by a physician for chronic or recurrent disease or symptoms. Self-medication also involves acquir...
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Research Article10.9734/bjpr/2016/30333
Background: Penisetum glaucum is one of the earliest indigenous food crops in East Africa. Pearl millet contains numerous phytocompounds. Isolation and characterization of secondary metabolites from pearl millet and evaluation of their bioactivity is necessary. These will act as...
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Research Article10.9734/bjpr/2016/28434
Aims: To perform anti-microbial activity guided isolation and to characterize compound(s) from fruit pulp (extracts) of Azanza garckeana. Place and Duration of Study: Department of chemistry, University of Agriculture, Makurdi, Nigeria, and University of Strathclyde in Scotland,...
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Research Article10.9734/bjpr/2016/30152
Background: Alchornea laxiflora is a medicinal plant with immense health benefits. Aim: To verify the protective effects of methanol extract of Alchornea laxiflora (MEAL) leaf on hepatotoxicity and reproductive toxicity induced by CCl4. Settings and Design: Extraction and adminis...
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Research Article10.9734/bjpr/2016/29807
Several pathogenic bacteria are developing antibiotic resistance. Recovery from multidrug resistant (MDR) infections is a problematic issue and requires a multiple treatment with broad-spectrum antibiotics which are less effective, more toxic and more expensive. Silver nanopartic...
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Research Article10.9734/bjpr/2016/30525