International Journal of Pharmaceutical Investigation · Archive
Volumes & Issues
Open a volume to see its issues, then pick an issue for its cover art and complete table of contents.
Keyboard: use Up/Down arrows to move between volumes, Home/End to jump to the first or last, and Enter to open or close a volume.
In this issue
Guest Editorial
- Article
Jasjeet K Sahni
pp. 53 · DOI: 10.4103/2230-973X.100033 · 2012
The term “nutraceuticals” given by founder and chairman of the foundation for innovative medicine, Stephen DeFelice in the early 1980s, is made up of two terms nutrition and Pharmaceuticals. [1,2] Nutraceuticals are defi…
Review Article
Swatantra KS Kushwaha, Prachi Saxena, AK Rai
pp. 54-60 · DOI: 10.4103/2230-973X.100036 · 2012
Amongst the various routes of drug delivery, the field of ocular drug delivery is one of the most interesting and challenging endeavors facing the pharmaceutical scientist for past 10-20 years. As an isolated organ, eye …
Original Research Article
Vidya Sabale, Vandana Patel, Archana Paranjape
pp. 61-69 · DOI: 10.4103/2230-973X.100039 · 2012
Background: The purpose of the present research work was to extract jackfruit mucilage, use it as a mucoadhesive agent, and to develop extended release buccoadhesive tablets with an intention to avoid hepatic first-pass …
Gaurav Khurana, Sandeep Arora, Pravin K Pawar
pp. 70-77 · DOI: 10.4103/2230-973X.100040 · 2012
Background: Many polymeric systems have been used to fabricate ocular inserts for improve ocular bioavailability and retention to drug of which matrix systems have shown advantages of reduce dosing frequency and increase…
Sonjoy Mandal, Manjunath KMJ Thimmasetty, GL Prabhushankar, Geetha MS
pp. 78-82 · DOI: 10.4103/2230-973X.100042 · 2012
Background/Aim: The aim of the present investigation is to prepare and evaluatein situ gel-forming ophthalmic drug delivery system of moxifloxacin hydrochloride.Materials and Methods: Sodium alginate, a novel ophthalmic …
Pankaj H Prajapati, Vijay V Nakum, Chhagan N Patel
pp. 83-89 · DOI: 10.4103/2230-973X.100047 · 2012
Background/Aim: The purpose of the study was to prolong the gastric residence time of stavudine by designing its floating tablets and to study the influence of different polymers on its release rate. Materials and Method…
Amit Mukharya, Shivang Chaudhary, Niyaz Mansuri, Arun K Misra
pp. 90-96 · DOI: 10.4103/2230-973X.100048 · 2012
Background: Lacidipine (LCDP) is a 1,4-dihydropyridine derivative categorized as an anti-hypertensive Ca2+ channel blocker having very low solubility, and thus very low oral bioavailability, which presents a challenge to…