Syed Ali Faran

Waterford Institute of Technology | WIT · School of Science

Topical preparations have a problem of being wiped off after a short time, which results in low activity of the active moiety. In this research, topical organogels (OGs) were prepared with different oils for the controlled action of miconazole nitrate. Various oils were checked for their gel-forming ability. Controlled release OGs were prepared wit...

Coronaviruses are diverse, positive-natured viruses containing RNA, which belong to a family Coronaviridae, that cause various diseases in humans, birds and several other wild animals, causing gastrointestinal, nervous system and respiratory tract infections. COVID-19 pandemic started from Wuhan in December 2019. It advanced to many other countries...

Flurbiprofen, an NSAID, is a water insoluble drug that is also notorious for gastric irritation and inflammation. This study was aimed at using a natural gastrprotective oil as the internal phase to develop flurbiprofen micro emulsion (ME) to improve it solubility and ameliorate its gastric side effects. Upon screening of ME components for drug sol...

Background and Objectives: Dyslipidemia is gaining much attention among healthcare professionals because of its high association with the malfunctioning of a number of normal physiological and metabolic processes in the body. Obesity is directly interconnected with dyslipidemia and is said to be a denouement of hyperlipidemia and, if left untreated...

Lovastatin (LSN), a potent anti-hyperlipidemic drug, possesses poor bioavailability due to its very low aqueous solubility. The objective of this study was to establish a relationship between increased drug solubility before reaching site of absorption or increasing drug solubility at target absorption site for accentuated bioavailability of LSN. C...