Floating drug delivery systems are mainly expected to remain buoyant in gastric contents and consequently enhance the bioavailability of drugs Microsphere is loaded with a their outer polymer shells was prepared by novel emulsion-solvent diffusion method. It floated continuously over surface acidic dissolution media containing surfactant for invitro time 12 hours. microspheres ofloxacin were o/...

Taxol is used to treatment of variety cancers including ovarian, breast, lung, head and neck carcinomas and the AIDS-related Karposi’s carcinoma, and was originally obtained from bark of taxus brevifolia. However the amount of extracted taxol from taxus is extremely low and cannot be considered as a suitable commercial source and it has led to studies for finding new sources of Taxol. In 1998, ...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Candidaalbicans is the most common causative agent of candidiasis. Candidiasis management is dependent on the immune status of the host, severity of disease, and the choice of antifungal drug. Antifungals, specifically triazoles, are widely administered for the treatment of invasive fungal infections. Herein, we aimed to evaluate the invitro susceptibility of C.albicans i...

introduction: superovulation produces complications in some patients, so invitro maturation of oocytes is used to decrease or eliminate these complications and improve ivf. moreover, ivm is used for different aspects of reproductive researches. slaughterhouse ovaries are the main source of oocytes for ivm and ivf studies. different media has been introduced and experimented for in vitro maturat...

Objectives: To determine the isolation rate of Alternaria alternata in patients with clinical Onychomycosis Study Design: Descriptive (cross sectional) study Place and Period of Study: Department of Microbiology, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology Rawalpindi, from August 2011-April 2012. Material and Methods: Sample size; 200 nail samples, Sampling Technique; Non probability convenience sampli...

Stirred, pH-controlled anaerobic batch cultures were used to investigate the in vitro effects of galacto-oligosaccharides (GOS) alone or combined with the probiotic Bifidobacterium bifidum 02 450B on the canine faecal microbiota of three different donors. GOS supported the growth of B. bifidum 02 450B throughout the fermentation. Quantitative analysis of bacterial populations by FISH revealed s...

The present study evaluate the anti-inflammatory activity of petroleum ether extract, ethanolic extract and aqueous extract of ocimum sanctum Linn (karunthulasi leaves). Extract was carried out using soxhlet apparatus. These three extract were subject to phytochemical analysis in order to find out the constituents present in the sample. Secondly, HRBC membrane stabilization was selected for fur...

The plant Acmella Paniculata commonly known as Akala Kara belonging to family of Asteraceae mainly found in tropical and subtropical regions around the world. Annual herb grown upto 30 cm tall with pungent taste. All parts of this plant are being used to traditional medicine to treat various diseases. Pet ether, chloroform, ethyl acetate and methanol extracts from whole plant of Acmella Panicul...