Musharraf Syed

• post graduate at Manipal Academy of Higher Education

Diabetes is one of the major cause for development of early cataract. Control of blood sugar and enhancement of antioxidant defense remain important goals in the prevention of diabetic cataract. Multivitamins may prevent or delay the development of cataract by their antioxidant action. Hence a commercially available nutrient supplement namely Zinco...

To study possible protective role of ageless liquid on gentamicin-induced nephrotoxicity in in Sprague-Dawley rats. Nephrotoxicity was induced by intraperitoneal injection gentamicin 100 mg/kg/day i.p. to adult Sprague-Dawley rats weighing 1000-250 g. Ageless liquid in three different doses were given for 8 days. On 9th day, blood sample was taken...

A fixed drug combinations (FDC) of clobetasol, gentamicin and Zinc namely Zincoderm G cream is available in the market. There are studies which shows the efficacy of each component in bacterial infections, but as FDC including Zinc has not been reported yet. A study was undertaken to evaluate the efficacy of Zincoderm G cream in burn wound infected...

Increased incidence of antibiotic resistant S. aureus infections has spurred the need for new antimicrobial agents. Lysostaphin is an antistaphylococcal agent, which cleaves the pentaglycine cross bridges of S. aureus cell wall leading to its lysis. Antimicrobial activity of r-lysostaphin was tested against 73 MRSA isolates by the disc diffusion as...

Nicotinamide,a physiologically active form of niacin (nicotinic acid), in combination with zinc is being assessed in clinical studies for the treatment of inflammatory skin diseases such as acne vulgaris and bullous pemphigoid. Consequently the aim of the present study was to investigate the anti-inflammatory effect of Nicotinamide gel 2%, 3% and 4...

Nicotinamide, a physiologically active form of niacin (nicotinic acid), in combination with zinc is being assessed in clinical studies for the treatment of inflammatory skin diseases such as acne vulgaris and bullous pemphigoid. Consequently the aim of the present study was to investigate the safety profile of Nicotinamide gel 2%, 3% and 4% (Apex L...