Dopamine is secreted by the hypothalamus, which inhibits the proliferation and effectiveness of lactotroph cells that release prolactin via dopamine D2 receptor (D2R). D2R activation inhibits lactotroph cell prolactin synthesis and regulates prolactin gene expression. Although, commercial medications are available for hypogalactia and agalactia, various plant sources significantly alleviate these problems. Leptadenia reticulata (Jivanti) is one of the important medicinal plants often consumed by nursing mothers to improve breast milk production. However, mechanism and chemical constituents involved in the inhibition of D2R by Jivanti is unclear. Therefore, in this study the phytocompounds reported from Jivanti were used for in-silico analysis to predict D2R inhibitory potential. The binding affinity value of campesterol and β-sitosterol (− 10.1 and −10.0 kcal/mol) with D2R has high revealed by molecular docking and stable interaction reveled by molecular dynamics simulation. Thus, these lead compounds could exert more D2R inhibitory activity resulting into prolactin release, which may lead to an increase in breast milk production. Although all selected compounds had fine permeation, non-toxic, and non-carcinogenic characteristics predicted by ADMET, campesterol had good solubility, absorption characteristics compared to other. Therefore, Jivanti, which is traditionally known medicinal plant, could be explored as a medication candidate to boost breast milk production.

The objective of our present study is to optimize Chitosan coated liposomes formulation by Response surface methodology using 3-factor Box-Behnken Design. Different polymers based liposomes used for delivery of stable pH dependent formulation. Chitosan has been used as a pH sensitive polymer coating to target nanoparticles specifically to tumors which have a slightly acidic pH. Closed membrane system can accommodate amphiphilic or lipophilic drugs in vesicles. The optimized batch was formulated as a liposome delivery system and evaluation was done. To evaluate the unentrapped drug Shimadzu UV-Spectrometry at 228 nm was used and absorbance was noted. Response surface graph was prepared to predict value and the optimized formulation (Chitosan coated liposomes) can be used for loading of bio-active.The values of percent drug entrapment and average vesicle size were presented and found formulation F3&F5 were optimized for further evaluating on basis of particle size and drug loading.

Cancer is the leading cause of death word wide. Recently there are no new drugs for safe and efficient treatment. Clerodendrum inerme (L.) Gaertn. (Verbenaceae) plant is being used by the ethnic people for cancer treatment. In this study, cytotoxic and antiproliferative potential of hydroalcoholic (methanol and water; 70:30 v/v) extract of C. inerme were evaluated. Various anticancer investigations performed like, lung cancer cell A-549 culture, dye exclusion assay, MTT assay, morphological changes and compatibility with RBC, confirmed the presence of the moiety that have the cytotoxic and antiproliferative potential. Compatibility with RBC was observed, when treated with standard drug doxorubicin, and hydroalcoholic extract of C. inerme at 259.5 μg/ml concentration (IC50). In addition, the same treatment reveled, decrease in cytotoxic efficacy and cell viability against lung cancer cells. Furthermore, change in the cell morphology also suggesting potent antitumor properties of C. inerme. Dhaka Univ. J. Pharm. Sci. 17(2): 191-196, 2018 (December)

Background:The combination of Ciprofloxacin and Ornidazole is used for the effective treatment of intra-abdominal infections. Many branded and generic combined dosage formulations of Ciprofloxacin and Ornidazole are available in market. Objective: To develop and validate rapid, sensitive, simple and accurate reverse phase ultra-fast liquid chromatographic method for the determination of Ciprofloxacin and Ornidazole in combined dosage forms. Methods: The separation was carried out by using Phenomenex Luna C 18 (250×4.6 mm, 5 µm) column as stationary phase and acetonitrile: methanol: 0.1% formic acid as a mobile phase in ratio of 35:35:30 % v/v/v. The analysis was performed at flow rate of 0.8 ml/min using PDA detector at 300 nm. The column temperature was maintained at 20°C for better separation and resolution. Results: The retention time for Ciprofloxacin HCl and Ornidazole was found to be 2.1 min and 4.2 min respectively. The developed method was validated with respect to specificity, linearity and range, precision, robustness and accuracy according to ICH guidelines. The method was found to be linear between the concentration ranges of 2-10 µg/ml with correlation coefficient of 0.999. The % relative standard deviation of precision and robustness was found to be less than 2%. The percent accuracy was found to be 98-103% and 99-102% for Ciprofloxacin HCl and Ornidazole respectively. Conclusion: The method is applicable for the routine analysis and quality control of Ciprofloxacin HCl and Ornidazole in combination.