The importance of analytical chemistry and why it is taught in colleges of pharmacy Analytical chemistry is one of the important lessons for the student in the College of Pharmacy to understand the following matters: • What are the units used to express concentrations in pharmaceutical preparations? • What are …
Read More »Nanodrop Spectrophotometer and Fluorospectrometer
The Molecular Core has a Nanodrop Spectrophotometer ND-1000 and a Nanodrop Fluorospectrometer ND-3300.Many of the reactions that are set up in a Molecular Biology Laboratory are in very small volumes because reagents are very expensive and sample sizes are miniscule. The Nanodrop Spectrophotometer or Fluorospectrometer is designed to measure absorbance …
Read More »Antimicrobials Pharmacovigilance in the COVID-19 Era
A new study conducted in Kufa University- Faculty of Pharmacy illustrating the effect of COVID-19 on the pattern of the reported adverse drug reactions of the antibiotics being used in the Iraqi hospitals.The study used reports supported by the Iraqi pharmacovigilance center in the ministry of health and it was …
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Emergency contraception can prevent pregnancy after unprotected sex or if the contraception you have used has failed – for example, a condom has split or you have missed a pill. There are 2 types of emergency contraception: 1. the emergency pill – Levonelle or ellaOne 2. the intrauterine device (IUD …
Read More »Hatching of parasitic nematode eggs: a crucial step determining infection
Nematoda is a speciose phylum occupying most environmental habitats, from alpine grasslands to marine sediment, as well as colonising plants and animals, including 43 945 known vertebrate hosts. Some 23 000 nematode species have been described but it is estimated that the phylum comprises up to 1 million species …
Read More »Noisome as Transdermal Drug Delivery Systems MSC. Pharmaceutics Inas Falih
Transdermal drug delivery system is applied to give a range of advantages over other conventional dosage forms. It may get rid of several variables factors related to the oral intake and it avoids the first pass effect, influence of food, gastric emptying and intestinal motility and transit times. The skin …
Read More »Pharmaceutical Industries in Iraq The Opportunities and Challenges
April 25, 2021 Pharmaciutical industries is one of strategic industries that take a strong social dimension because it deal with “Peoples Health’. As well as, this industry is a very profitable industry with annual market volume of one trillion dollars, the share of the ten largest pharmaceutical companies in the …
Read More »Adipose Tissue as an Endocrine Organ
Adipose Tissue as an Endocrine Organ Adipose tissue is a complex, essential, and highly active metabolic and endocrine organ. To date several types of adipose tissue have been identified, namely white, brown, and beige, that reside in various specific anatomical locations throughout the body. The cellular composition, secretion, and location …
Read More »Global Warming
Represented by Lec.Nada Ali Salih Since the Industrial Revolution, the global annual temperature has increased in total by a little more than 1 degree Celsius, or about 2 degrees Fahrenheit. Between 1880—the year that accurate recordkeeping began—and 1980, it rose on average by 0.07 degrees Celsius (0.13 degrees Fahrenheit) …
Read More »Glutathione and Oxidized Glutathione Disulfide
Glutathione (GSH) is a non-enzymatic antioxidant, exists in most organisms, ranging from bacteria to humans and composed of three important amino acids γ-L-glutamyl, L-cysteinyl, and glycine. GSH is found in the blood and could be isolated from the liver and muscles, as well as there are two different forms of …
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