Table of Contents

October  2014

  • Volume 51
  • Issue 10
  • Page Nos. 1-60

Review Article

Phytochemical and Pharmacological Aspects of Sandalwood

PAGE 5-15

Sandalwood (Santalum album L.) is one of the most famous and widely used plants in perfumery and cosmetics. Apart from perfumery and cosmetics uses, sandalwood also has a wide range of pharmacological activities and the plant can be considered as one of the important medicinal plants. Since last ...

Mehta P. P., Shah R. M., Shinde V. M., Kamble R. N,* and Mahadik K. R.

Original Research Articles

Evaluation of Neuropharmacological Activity of Punica Granatum L. Peels in Experimental Rats

PAGE 16-22

Extracts of peels of Punica granatum L. were screened for neuropharmacological activities viz. antianxiety, analgesic and learning and memory activities, using Elevated Plus Maze (EPM), Hot Plate Analgesiometer and Morris Water Maze, respectively. Aqueous extract of the peels (200mg/kg) and ethan...

Alvares J* and Godinho M. H.

Development of Hingwastak churna Granules and Tablets by Dry Granulation Technique for Improving Patient Compliance

PAGE 23-28

Ayurvedic formulary of India specifies the dose of Hingwastak churna to be 3-6 grams per day. It is difficult to swallow churna for patients. The objective of the present study was to develop Hingwastak churna granules and tablets with addition of organoleptic additives to improve the patient com...

Kopparam M*, Kumar TV, Anantha Narayana DB and Nandeesh R

Hepatoprotective and Antioxidant activity of Methanolic Extract of Cissus pallida

PAGE 29-37

Cissus pallida is used traditionally to treat various ailments like liver diseases, ulcer, wounds, skin disorders, CNS disorders, management of diabetes etc. In this present investigation, hepatoprotective activity was done in stem and wood parts of methanolic extract of Cissus pallida a...

A.Tamil Selvan*, Ruman Yezdhani, M.Rama Devi, N.Siva Subramanian, Parimala S and Prasad G.

Short Notes

In vitro Antioxidant and Alpha-amylase, Alpha-glucosidase Inhibitory Activity of Flowers of Calotropis gigantea

PAGE 38-42

The present investigations were carried out to evaluate the in vitro antioxidant as well as antidiabetic activity of flowers of Calotropis gigantea. Different extracts (petroleum ether, chloroform and ethanolic extract) were prepared using successive solvent extraction method (soxhlet) and screen...

Choudhary N. K.*, Dwivedi. J and Sharma S.

Formulation and Statistical Optimization of Multiparticulate Lafutidine-Loaded Gastroretentive Delivery System Using 32- Factorial Design

PAGE 43-54

The purpose of this research was to develop and optimize buoyant beads containing lafutidine by ionic-gelation method for gastroretentive delivery. The effect of two independent process variables like NaHCO 3: Polymer, Drug: Polymer ratio on % drug entrapment, % swelling and % drug release of buo...

Sapate K.A., Dangre P. V.* and Godbole M. D.

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