Background: Over the last few decades, there has been a stupendous change in the area of drug delivery using particulate delivery systems, with increasing focus on nanoparticles in recent times. Nanoparticles helps to improve and alter the pharmacodynamic properties and pharmacokinetics of various types of drug molecules. These features help to protect the drug entity in the systemic circulation, access of the drug to the chosen sites, and to deliver the drug in a controlled and sustained rate at the site of action. Objective: Nanoparticle based targeted delivery of anti-inflammatory drugs/signal modulatory agents to the cytoplasm or nuclei of the targeted cell can significantly enhance the precision and efficacy of intended therapeutic activity. To this end, we report ligand free, enhanced intra-nuclear delivery model of anti-inflammatory therapeutics via PDMS nanoparticles. Method: PDMS nanoparticles were prepared by sacrificial silica template-based approach and details of their characterization for suitability as a nanoparticle-based delivery material is detailed herein. Results: Biological evaluation for compatibility was carried out and the results showed that the PDMS nanoparticle has no toxicity on RAW 264.7 cells in the concentration range of 10, 20, 40, 60, 80, 100 and 120 μg/mL in culture. Biocompatibility and absence of toxicity was determined by morphological examination and cell viability assays. Drug loading and release kinetics were carried out with the anti-inflammatory drug Diclofenac. Conclusion: In this paper we clearly demonstrate the various aspects of nanoparticle articulation, characterization, effect of their characteristics and their applications as a non-toxic drug delivery molecule for its potential applications in therapeutic delivery of drugs for sustained release.

A simple, precise, accurate Reverse Phase-High Performance Liquid Chromatography (RP-HPLC) method was developed for the estimation of Garenoxacin mesylate in human plasma using Ciprofloxacin Hydrochloride as an internal standard. Chromatographic conditions used are stationary phase Zorbax Eclipse XDB C18 (250x4.6 mm, 5m), Mobile phase 0.1% orthophosphoric acid and Acetonitrile in the ratio of 50:50 (% v/v) and flow rate was maintained at 1.0 ml/min, detection wavelength was 240 nm, injection volume of 50 µL and the column temperature was set to 30°C. The retention time of Garenoxacin mesylate was found to be 4.0 min. % Coefficient of Variation of the Garenoxacin mesylate was found to be 4.30. % Recovery was obtained as 98.97%. The linearity of the proposed method was established in the concentration range of 0.04 to 4 µg/ml (Correlation Coefficient = 0.999). The lower limit of quantification was 0.04 μg/ml (S/N Ratio 21) which reach the level drug possibly found in human plasma. Further, the reported method was validated as per the ICH guidelines and found to be well within the acceptable range.

We focused on coordination of the production planning of finished products and intermediate products in the process industry. The problem consists of two manufacturing facilities with similar production environment, one producing the intermediates and the other producing end products that are separated by a distance. There is transportation between the facilities. The problem considered has been formulated as a Mixed Integer linear Programming problem (MIP). In this study we present, integrated approach and two-step approach to solve the production and transportation problem over the two manufacturing facilities. Our computational study, which compares the results from the two approaches, shows a significant cost reduction is achieved using the integration approach, however, the decision maker may not be able to obtain results in real time to be of any use for implementation since computational time will increase exponentially as the number of integer variables increase

A simple, precise and accurate method was developed for the quantitative estimation of Canagliflozin in human plasma using Dapagliflozin as internal standard by Reverse Phase-High Performance Liquid Chromatographic technique. Chromatographic conditions were of stationary phase Phenomenex Luna C18 (2) (150 x 4.6 mm, 5m), Mobile phase 0.01 N Potassium dihydrogen Phosphate buffer pH (3.5±0.05) : acetonitrile in the ratio of 45:55 and flow rate at 1.0 ml/min, detection wave length was UV 222 nm, column oven temperature was maintained at 30ᵒC, and sample injection volume of 10 µL. Retention time of Canagliflozin was found to be about 8.7 min. Coefficient of Variation for Canagliflozin peak was 3.15 %, % recovery was 94.58 %. The linearity of method was studied from 0.06 µg/ml to 2.4 µg/ml (R2 = 0.999). The Signal to Noise ratio of lower limit of quantification (0.06 µg/ml) was found to be 50. The proposed bio-analytical method was validated by following ICH guidelines.

Recent studies have shown that the metal oxide nanoparticles can inhibit bacterial growth on their surfaces due to the creation of super oxide anion when metal ions interact with UV light. One such metal oxide with antibacterial activity against a variety of bacteria is cobalt oxide (Co3O4). The optical and anti-pathogen properties of cobalt oxide nanoparticles generated from egg albumin using a microwave-assisted hydrothermal process were studied and optimized by adding copper as a dopant at varying molar concentrations (1, 3 and 5 mol%). Bare and doped samples were analyzed using SEM, energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy and X-ray diffraction. The resulting structure and small average crystalline size highlight the role of egg albumin in stabilizing and regulating size. A sample with 5 mol% copper doped material exhibited the highest resistance zone to Escherichia coli germs. Hence, by controlling the Cu content, both the photocatalytic and antibacterial properties can be enchanced.