Developmental pharmacology: overview.

Developmental pharmacology: overview.

Zinc phthalocyanine substituted with four hydroxyl groups attached to the macrocycle, either directly or via spacer chains of three or six carbon atoms, were tested for their photodynamic ability to inactivate Chinese hamster lung fibroblasts (line V-79) in vitro, and to induce regression of EMT-6 tumours grown subcutaneously in Balb/c mice. Their potential to inflict direct cell killing during...

Overview on Gastrointestinal Pharmacology

Environmental Pharmacology – An Overview

Pharmacology in China: a brief overview.

Formation (1923–1949) Contemporary pharmacology in China began in the third decade of the past century. Dr K.K. Chen, a pharmacologist of Peking Union Medical College (PUMC), started his research on the mechanism of biological actions of Ephedra sinica stapf . He purified ephedrine alkaloids and proved that they were active constituents for the therapeutic effect in asthma. In 1924, he publishe...

An overview of clinical pharmacology of Ibuprofen.

Ibuprofen was the first member of Propionic acid derivatives introduced in 1969. It is a popular domestic and over the counter analgesic and antipyretic for adults and children. Ibuprofen has been rated as the safest conventional NSAID by spontaneous adverse drug reaction reporting systems in the UK. This article summarizes the main pharmacological effects, therapeutical applications and advers...