Issue 2: Recent submissions

  • Nifedipine-loaded polymeric nanoparticles: Preparation and in vitro characterization 
    Ozakar, Emrah; Ceti, Meltem; Ate, Orhan; Hacimuftuoglu, Ahmet (Karachi: Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Karachi, 2019-03-11)
    The purpose of the current study was to prepare nifedipine (NF) loaded-PLGA nanoparticles (NPs) using two different methods (nanoprecipitation method (N-2) and emulsion-solvent evaporation method (N-4)) to achieve the ...
  • Community onset of CTX-M extended spectrum β-lactamases among uropathogenic E. coli and K. pneumoniae from Karachi, Pakistan 
    Fatima, Sakina; Muhammad, Iyad Naeem; Khan, Muhammad Naseem; Jamil, Subia; Siddiqui, Tuba; Khatoon, Humera (Karachi: Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Karachi, 2019-03-10)
    Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are major health issue in developing countries like Pakistan, become more complicated with extended spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL) expression in Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae. The ...
  • Proximate and elemental composition of leaf, corm, root and peel of Hypoxis hemerocallidea: A Southern African multipurpose medicinal plant 
    Otunola, Gloria Aderonke; Afolayan, Anthony Jide (Karachi: Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Karachi, 2019-03-09)
    Hypoxis hemerocallidea also known as African potato is a medicinal plant widely distributed in Southern Africa, which has enjoyed long usage as a traditional multipurpose herbal medicine. This study evaluated the leaf, ...
  • Anti-nociceptive potential of lyophilized Beta vulgaris L. (Beet root) powder 
    Sarfaraz, Sana; Ikram, Rahila (Karachi: Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Karachi, 2019-03-08)
    Pain is a very common symptom and pain management is most important challenge to alleviate the suffering and for improving the quality of life of those living with chronic pain. Beet root is a vegetable consumed as salad ...
  • Hepato-protective effect of Allium sativum against immobilization stress in rats 
    Syed Kashif Zaidi; Shakeel Ahmed Ansari; Shams Tabrez; Ghulam Md. Ashraf; Shazi Shakil; Mohammad Alam Jafri; Muhammad Imran Naseer; Wesam H Abdulaal; Naheed Banu; Muhammed Al-Qahtani (Karachi: Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Karachi, 2019-03-07)
    The purpose of the current study was to examine immobilization stress-induced antioxidant defense changes and estimation of the antioxidant potential of pre and post stress treatment of aqueous garlic extract in rat’s ...
  • In vitro antimicrobial activity and phytochemical analysis of different solvent extracted samples from medicinally important Litsea glutinosa 
    Bakht, Jehan; Farooq, Muhammad; Iqbal, Arshad (Karachi: Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Karachi, 2019-03-06)
    The present research work investigate the antimicrobial activities of crude methanolic extracted samples from the leaves of Litsea glutinosa against different microorganisms through disc diffusion assay applied in two ...
  • Antidiabetic and antidyslipidemic potential of Echinops echinatus in rat models of type I and type II diabetes 
    Chaudhry, Shafqat Rasul; Akram, Adnan; Aslam, Naveed; Wajid, Muhammad; Iqbal, Zafar; Nazir, Imran; Jabeen, Qaiser; Muhammad, Sajjad (Karachi: Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Karachi, 2019-03-05)
    Echinops echinatus is traditionally an important plant that finds its extensive use as a diuretic, antiinflammatory, anti-pyretic, nerve tonic, abortifacient, aphrodisiac, antiasthmatic, and antidiabetic agent. The current ...
  • Metabolomics and marker-based stability studies of methanol extract of seeds of Syzygium cumini L 
    Islam, Muhammad; Shehzad, Naureen; Salman, Muhammad; Zahi, Fakhra; Qamar, Shaista; Danish, Muhammad Z; Saeed, Hamid; Hashmi, Furqan K; Khan, Humaira M; Khan, Muhammad T; Bukhar, Nadeem I; Hussain, Khalid (Karachi: Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Karachi, 2019-03-04)
    Though, herbal medicines are prone to deterioration upon storage due to their complex nature, but less attention has been paid to investigating stability of such products to assign shelf-life. Therefore, the present study ...
  • Antioxidant and antimicrobial activities of various extracts from Engleromyces sinensis fruiting body 
    Wang, Fei; Zhou, Xiao; Shen, Xiao-Ye; Hou, Cheng-Lin (Karachi: Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Karachi, 2019-04-03)
    Engleromyces sinensis, as rare macro-ascomycetes and traditional ethnomedicine in the southeast part of China, have been applied in anti-infection, anti-inflammatory and anti-tumor for a long time. In this study, ...
  • Leptin as a predictor of anthropometric cutoff points for obesity 
    Hingorjo, Mozaffer Rahim; Nadeem, Shazia; Qureshi, Masood Anwar; Zehra, Sitwat (Karachi: Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Karachi, 2019-03-02)
    This study was conducted to find the association between leptin and adiposity indices. Secondly, to identify optimal threshold of various anthropometric indices for obesity, as assessed by 75th percentile of leptin levels, ...
  • Effects of boric acid-linked ampicillin on the rat intra-abdominal sepsis model 
    Idiz, Ufuk Oguz; Aysan, Erhan; Firat, Deniz; Ercan, Cilem; Demirci, Selami; Sahin, Fikrettin (Karachi: Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Karachi, 2019-03-01)
    The aim of this study was to determine efficiency of a new molecule that was obtained by linking boric acid with ampicillin in treating intra-abdominal infection.Following intraperitoneal E. coli injection totwenty-one ...

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