Mandura (Iron rust) is known by names lohkitta, malayas, ayomala, meaning waste of iron. Among different formulations prescribed for Parinamashoola (Peptic ulcer), in Ayurvedic classics Kshiramandura (Preparation of Iron rust in Milk) is one. Ancient authorities have given similar recipes of Mandura and these medicines are being successfully administered in the management of Peptic ulcer. In Pa...

Gum acacia is a potent drug having diverse pharmacological effects and wide therapeutic potential. It is used in diarrhoea and dysentery, irritations and ulcers of the stomach and intestine. It is also used in haemoptysis, bleeding piles, menorrhagia, leucorrhoea and spermatorrhoea. Keeping in view the high medicinal importance physico-chemical studies of the drug obtained from Dawakhana Tibbiy...

Helical nanofilaments (HNFs) have attracted much interest because of their unique optical properties, but there have been many hurdles to overcome in using them for the practical applications due to their structural complexity. Here we demonstrate that the molecular configuration and layer conformation of a modulated HNF (HNFs(mod)) can be studied using a physicochemical confinement system. The...

Molecular & Cellular Imaging is “the in-vivo characterization and measurement of biological processes at the cellular and molecular level” and aims to image molecular abnormalities associated with diseases and to monitor cell assemblys such as macrophages or stem cells. MRI (magnetic resonance imaging), PET, and optical imaging are currently the modalities of choice, which can be used in the li...

Inter-esterification is one of the processes used to modify the physico-chemical characteristics of oils and fats. Inter-esterification is an acyl-rearrangement reaction on the glycerol molecule. On the other hand, hydrogenation involves addition of hydrogen to the double bonds of unsaturated fatty acids. Due to health implications of trans fatty acids, which are formed during hydrogenation, th...

Preformulation studies regarding a physico-chemical evaluation of memantine, a non-competitive N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor antagonist, are presented in this work. This characterization of memantine is pre-required for the formulation of a parenteral solution. The water solubility, the thermal behavior and the chemical stability in aqueous solution, depending on the pH, temperature, UV ...