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A free and open access peer-reviewed online journal since 1998—the first in the field.
 

Editor: Fakhreddin Jamali
 

Review Articles

•  Micellar solubilization of drugs.
  Carlota O. Rangel-Yagui, Adalberto Pessoa-Jr, Leoberto Costa Tavares
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• Emerging Pharmacological Approaches to the Treatment of Obesity.
  Kishor M. Wasan, Norbert A. Looije
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Original Articles
 

Pharmacy Practice & Socioeconomy

• The frequency of drug history documentation in an institutionalized tertiary care setting in Nigeria.
  Kazeem Yusuff, Mikhail Awotunde
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• Pharmacists and Prescribing Rights: Review of International Developments.
  Lynne Emmerton, Jennifer Marriott, Tracey Bessell, Lisa Nissen, Laura Dean
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• Physicians' prescribing of anti-hypertensive combinations in a tertiary care setting in southwestern Nigeria.
  Kazeem B. Yusuff, Olumide Balogun
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• Self-medication with Antibiotics and Antimalarials in the community of Khartoum State, Sudan.
  Abdelmoneim Awad, Idris Eltayeb, Lloyd Matowe, Lukman Thalib
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• Thrombolytic treatment as first option in recurrent tricuspid prosthetic valve thrombosis and Ebstein’s anomaly.
  Fidel Manuel Cáceres-Lóriga, Horacio Pérez-López, José Santos-Gracia, Karel Morlans-Hernández, María A. Marrero-Mirayaga
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Pharmaceutical Sciences

• A sensitive and specific high performance liquid chromatographic assay for milrinone in rat and human plasma using a commercially available internal standard and low sample volume.
  Dion R. Brocks, Tara J. Spencer, Anooshirvan Shayeganpour
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• Preparation of sustained release hydrophilic matrices by melt granulation in a high-shear mixer.
  Lourdes Ochoa, Manuela Igartua, Rosa M^a, Hernández, Alicia R. Gascón, José Luis Pedraz
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• The effect of cyclodextrins on the aqueous solubility of a new MMP inhibitor: phase solubility, 1 H-NMR spectroscopy and molecular modeling studies, preparation and stability study of nebulizable solutions.
  Bertholet Pascal, Barillaro Valery, Piel Géraldine, Delattre Luc, Evrard Brigitte, Gueders Maud, Cataldo Didier, Dive Georges, Albert Adelin, Perly Bruno
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• Enhancing dissolution, serum concentrations and hypoglycemic effect of glibenclamide using solvent deposition technique.
  Siavoush Dastmalchi, Alireza Garjani, Nasrin Maleki, Golaleh Sheikhee, Vida Baghchevan, Parisa Jafari-Azad, Hadi Valizadeh, Mohammad Barzegar-Jalali
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• PASS assisted search and evaluation of some azetidin-2-ones as C.N.S. Active agents.
  Rajesh Goel, Amanpreet Singh, Pattipati Naidu, Shrinivas Kulkarni, Mohinder Mahajan
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• Application of capillary zone electrophoresis with indirect UV detection to the determination of a model drug, Vigabatrin, in dosage forms.
  Alireza Shafaati, Charles Lucy
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• The effects of l-arginine, d-arginine, l-name and methylene blue on channa striatus-induced peripheral antinociception in mice.
  Zainul Amiruddin Zakaria, Mohd. Rosian Sulaiman, Muhammad Nazrul Somchit, Abdul Manan Mat Jais, Daud Israf Ali
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• Influence of packaging material on the liquid stability of interferon-α2b.
  Llamil Ruiz, Nuria Reyes, Kethia Aroche, Vivian Tolosa, Vladimir Simanca, Teresa Rodríguez, Eugenio Hardy
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• Effect of efavirenz on intestinal p-glycoprotein and hepatic p450 function in rats.
  Nathalie Berruet, Stephanie Sentenac, Daniel Auchere, François Gimenez, Robert Farinotti, Christine Fernandez
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• Comparison of artificial neural network and multiple linear regression in the optimization of formulation parameters of leuprolide acetate loaded liposomes.
  N. Arulsudar, N. Subramanian, R.S.R. Murthy
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• Rapid quantitative analysis of magnesium stearate in tablets using laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy.
  Louis St-Onge, Jean-François Archambault, Elizabeth Kwong, Mohamad Sabsabi, Elizabeth B. Vadas
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• Development and validation of dissolution tests for fexofenadine hydrochloride capsules and coated tablets.
  Ana R. Breier, Clesio S. Paim, Martin Steppe and Elfrides E.S. Schapoval
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• A topical w/o/w multiple emulsions prepared with tectronic 908 as a hydrophilic surfactant: formulation, characterization and release study.
  Figen Tirnaksiz, Ozlem Kalsin
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• Melatonin Modulates The Oxidant–Antioxidant Imbalance During N‑Nitrosodiethylamine Induced Hepatocarcinogenesis In Rats.
  Dakshayani, KB. Subramanian, P., Manivasagam, T., Mohamed Essa, M, Manoharan, S
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• Stability Of Levamisole Oral Solutions Prepared From Tablets And Powder.
  Fouad Chiadmi, Abdel Iyer, Salvatore Cisternino, Audrey Toledano, Joël Schlatter, Robert Ratiney, Jean-Eudes Fontan
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• Antifungal activity of drimane sesquiterpenes from drimys brasiliensis using bioassay-guided fractionation.
  Angela Malheiros, Valdir Cechinel Filho, Clarisse B. Schmitt, Rosendo A. Yunes, Andrea Escalante, Laura Svetaz, Susana Zacchino, Franco Delle Monache
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• Validation of a Selective Method for Determination of Paroxetine in human plasma by LC-MS/MS.
  Massaroti, P.; Cassiano, N. M.; Duarte, L. F.; Campos, D. R.; Marchioretto, M. A. M.; Bernasconi, G.; Calafatti, S.; Barros, F. A. P.; Meurer, E.C.; Pedrazzoli, J.
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• Structural toxicity relationship of 4-alkoxyphenols’ cytotoxicity towards murine B16-F0 melanoma cell line.
  Majid Y. Moridani, Mike Moore, Richard A. Bartsch, Yanfei Yang, Souzan Heibati-Sadati.
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• Formulation Development and Stability Testing of Oral Morphine Solution Utilizing Preformulation Approach.
  Detpon Preechagoon, Viroj Sumyai, Khanittha Tontisirin, Sirikul Aumpon, Thaned Pongjanyakul.
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• Acute and subacute toxicity of the hydroalcoholic extract from Wedelia paludosa (Acmela brasiliensis) (Asteraceae) in mice.
  Cristiani Bürger, Doris Raquel Fischer, Dórys Angela Cordenunzzi, Anna Paula de Borba Batschauer, Valdir Cechinel Filho, Adair Roberto dos Santos Soares.
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