W e know from written and archeological records that humans have been using herbs for millennia to both prevent and treat disease. Today, herbal medicines remain widely popular, fueled by cultural factors, centuries-old tradition, and a burgeoning industry that claims that herbs (i) are gentle, safe, effective, and natural alternatives to pharmaceuticals; (ii) possess unique properties that are...

A simple and sensitive high performance liquid chromatographic method with electrochemical detection is described for the quantitative determination of the amoxycillin and clavulanic acid in pharmaceutical dosage forms. Separation of sample components occurs on a reversed phase C18 column with a mobile phase consisting of methanol-water-phosphate buffer. For the amperometric detection, the pote...

The pharmacist, both in community and hospital pharmacy practice, is often challenged with the preparation of a liquid dosage form not available commercially for paediatric patients, those adults unable to swallow tablets or capsules and patients who must receive medications via nasogastric or gastrostomy tubes. Recognising the lack of information available to healthcare professionals, a genera...

Diabecon (D-400), a herbal formulation with hypoglycaemic effect, was studied for 12 weeks in 43 patients of maturity-onset diabetes. Diabecon (D-400) significantly reduced fasting (FBS) and twohour postprandial blood sugar (PPBS) in newly diagnosed diabetics and in those already stabilised on antidiabetic medication. Oral hypoglycaemic agents could be omitted in 80% of cases, and the dosage co...

Background Rational prescription is a considerable issue which must be paid more attention to assess the behavior of prescribers. The aim of this study was to examine factors affecting family physicians’ drug prescribing.   Methods We carried out a retrospective cross-sectional study in Khuzestan province, Iran in 2011. Nine hundred eighty-six prescriptions of 421 family physicians (including 3...

Herbal remedies for skin care with antibacterial and antifungal activities are prepared from a variety of plant parts such as leaves, stem, root, bark and fruits. These medicines are administered topically and may be applied in the form of cream, lotion, soap, sap, solvent extract and ointment, and have been established to possess antimicrobial properties[1]. The delivery of drugs through the s...

Introduction There are so many promising plant based chemical constituents are present which act as alternative therapy for the control of diabetes. But due to lack of its proper quality control parameters they are not widely used. Mangiferin is a xanthone glucoside and active phytochemical principle which is present Mangifera Indica. Studies suggest that mangiferin, xanthone compound possesses...

BACKGROUND Participatory gastric headache is a type of headache described in Iranian traditional medicine. It is defined as a headache not originated from the head and neck disorders; rather the pain in the head is caused by gastric dysfunction and its disorders. Treatment of this type of headache is completely reliant on the treatment of the gastric complaint. Reviewing Iranian traditional med...

Rutin is available in some foods, fruits, and vegetables. It has various beneficial medical effects making it useful in the treatment of various diseases. Rutin is available in different oral dosage forms such as tablets or capsules, widely available in the market. Rutin and many herbal medicines lack quality control due to unavailability of analytical methods. In this study, we formulated ruti...