The delivery of drug through skin offers many advantages over the other routes of drug administration. However the protective upper layer of the skin, stratum corneum behaves like a challenging barrier for the penetration of majority of drugs. Use of herbal penetration enhancers which penetrate in...

The separation and determination of lupeol from Hygrophila spinosa were carried out by two simple, precise and accurate HPTLC and RP-HPLC methods. HPTLC method for the determination of lupeol from plant extract and its formulation was developed using a solvent system consisting of toluene : ethyl...

A simple, selective, accurate High Performance Liquid Chromatographic (HPLC) method was developed and validated for the analysis of Fenspiride hydrochloride in bulk and tablet dosage forms. Chromatographic separation was achieved isocratically using a C18 reverse phase column [Inertsil C18 column...

A sensitive and accurate reversed– phase high performance liquid chromatography (RP-HPLC) method with UV absorbance detection at 289 nm was developed and validated for the determination and quantification of besifloxacin (BSF) in rat plasma. Ofloxacin was used as an internal standard (IS). The ...

Two simple, sensitive and rapid spectrophotometric methods have been developed for the estimation of Olmesartan medoxomil in bulk and pharmaceutical formulation. Method A is a UV spectrophotometric method in which isopropyl alcohol is used as solvent and exhibited absorption maxima at 285 nm. Beer...

Nagkesar (Mesua ferrea Linn.) belonging to the family Guttiferae, has a great medicinal value, so far, proper pharmacognostical and phytochemical studies of stamens have not been reported. Morphological and anatomical aspects as well as differential microchemical response have been worked out to i...