There is nothing men will not do, there is nothing they have not done, to recover their health. .. They have submitted to be half-drowned in water, and half-choked with gases, to be buried up to their chins in earth, to be seared with hot irons like galley-slaves, to be crimped with knives, like cod-fish, to have needles thrust into their flesh, and bonfires kindled on their skin, to swallow al...

A 19-year-old female hairdressing student was referred because of hand eczema (Fig. 1a), which had developed during the 8 months she had been training. The history also showed an intense reaction following a ‘temporary henna tattoo’ when she was aged 15 years. Patch testing was performed, according to the ICDRG criteria, with the Spanish Contact Dermatitis Research Group baseline series (TRUE T...

A new simple and sensitive kinetic spectrophotometric method has been proposed for the determination of cefadroxil in pure form and pharmaceutical formulations. The proposed method is based on the formation of yellow coloured product (λmax = 410 nm) that resulted after addition of the reagent, which is composed of a mixture of Henna extract, sodium hydroxide and potassium permanganate, to cefad...

Two preparations of herbal shampoo powder were formulated using some common traditional drugs used by folk and traditional people of Bundelkhand region (M.P) India, for hair care. The preparations were formulated using bahera, amla, neem tulsi, shikakai henna & brahmi evaluated for organoleptic, powder charecterestics, foam test and physical evaluation. As the selected drugs being used since lo...

Hair cosmetics are an important tool that helps to increase patient's adhesion to alopecia and scalp treatments. This article reviews the formulations and the mode of action of hair cosmetics: Shampoos, conditioners, hair straightening products, hair dyes and henna; regarding their prescription and safetiness. The dermatologist's knowledge of hair care products, their use, and their possible si...

Correspondence: Danka Galabova Department of General Microbiology, The Stephan Angeloff Institute of Microbiology, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Acad. G. Bonchev St., Block 26, 1113 Sofia, Bulgaria e-mail: [email protected]; ABSTRACT The resistance of bacteria to antibiotics is a serious public problem with increasing significance. The development of novel pharmaceuticals with wide spectrum...