Articles

About Author:
K.Kranthi Kumar
SKU College of Pharmaceutical Sciences,
S.k.univrsity, Anantapur
kranthikumarkotta@gmail.com

ABOUT AUTHORS:
Dr. Balram Soni*
M.Pharm., Ph.D.
Psychiatric Centre, S.M.S. Medical College Jaipur, Rajasthan
brpharma@rediffmail.com

ABOUT AUTHORS:
Das Sattwik¹, Sharma Shikha¹, Lariya Shailendra^2
1Malhotra College, Department of pharmacology, Badwai, Bhopal, M.P., India
²Radha raman Institute of Pharmaceutical Science, Bhopal, M. P., India
*dsattwik@gmail.com

ABSTRACT
Ixora parvifloraan Indian plant, has long been medicinally used in traditional systems of medicine. The plant has been found to possess varied number of pharmacological activities. This article gives an account of updated information on its phytochemical and pharmacological properties. The review reveals that wide numbers of phytochemical constituents have been isolated from the plant which possesses activities like anaemia, whooping cough, antiviral, hypotensive and spasmolytic. These reports are very hopeful and indicate that the plant should be studied more widely for its therapeutic effects.

About Authors:
Rawat Smriti*, Bisht Seema, Kothi Yal Preeti
Shri Guru Ram Rai Institute of Technology & Sciences
Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India.
*smritirawat000@gmail.com

ABOUT AUTHORS:
Abhishek Shah*, Gautam Singhvi
Department of Pharmacy, Industrial Research Lab,
Birla Institute of Technology and Science,
Pilani, Rajasthan, India., Pin: 333 031
abhishah200291@gmail.com

About Authors:
Vemavarapu Satish kumar*, Shahin¹ , Saarangi Ramesh²
*IPQC team member at GRANULES INDIA LIMITED, M.Pharmacy (pharmaceutics) Deevena college of pharmacy.
¹Shadan women’s college of pharmacy. khairtabad, Hyderabad. A.P
²asst.prof.pharmaceutical chemistry, Prasad institute of  pharmaceutical sciences. jangaon, warangal. A.P
*sattisha333@gmail.com

1 GEOGRAPHICAL SETTING
1.1 Ficus religiosa
Origin of the tree is not really known to anybody, but, there are also some interesting legends associated with the Peepal tree. The peepal is the first-known depicted tree in India. A seal discovered at MohenjDaro, one of the cities of the Indus Valley Civilisation (c. 3000 BC - 1700 BC), shows the peepal being worshipped. Excavations are suggestive of the fact that even in those times; the peepal tree was worshipped by Hindus.

Peepal is native from India to southeast Asia and it is found wild and cultivated upto 5000 feet. Ficus religiosa is cultivated in various tropical areas of the world. It is grown in southern California, Florida and Hawaii, Homestead and Miami in the United States.

Regardless of its origin, the tree needs lots of space, and the soil must be deep enough to let the roots grow down a long way. It is a large tree of about 20 m. heights with a well developed crown. It can grow in a wide variety of soils and it grows in a sub tropical climate with hot summers and frost during the monsoon season.

ABOUT AUTHORS:
Chetana Ribadiya*¹, Hemang Ribadia², Nimish Talaviya³, Chandani Joshi³, Ashok Parmar^3
1M.Pharm, Smt. R. B. Patel Mahila Pharmacy College, Atkot
²M.Pharm, Drug Regulatory Affairs Department of Pharmaceutical Science, Saurashtra University
³M.Pharm, Smt. R. D. Gardi B. Pharmacy College, Rajkot
*chetana.ribadiya@gmail.com

ABSTRACT
A simple, precise, accurate and reproducible spectrophotometric method has been developed for simultaneous estimation of Cefixime Trihydrate (CEF) and Linezolid (LNZ) by employing first order derivative zero crossing method in Methanol. The first order derivative absorption at 290 nm (zero cross point of CEF) was used for quantification of Linezolid and 228 nm (zero cross point of LNZ) for quantification of Cefixime Trihydrate. The linearity was established over the concentration range of 2-18 µg/ml and 7-15 µg/ml for Cefixime and Linezolid with correlation coefficient r² 0.9970 and 0.9982, respectively. The mean % recoveries were found to be in the range of 98.36 % – 99.45 % and 100.10 % – 101.66 % for Cefixime and Linezolid, respectively. The proposed method has been validated as per ICH guideline and successfully applied to the estimation of Cefixime and Linezolid in bulk and in market formulation.

About Author:
Pooja Dhiman
Lecturer
Chitkara University, Solan [H.P]
Pooja.dhiman@chitkarauniversity.edu.in

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