Farmacia Journal 2/2012

Volume 60 | Number 2 | Year 2012

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1. VITAMIN D AN ANTIMICROBIAL WEAPON AGAINST ACUTE RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS. A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (2006-MARCH 2011)

   RUXANDRA MOROTI^1,2*, ROXANA PETRE¹, IULIA NICULESCU¹, IRINA PIGULEA¹, VIOLETA MOLAGIC¹, ADRIANA HRISTEA^1,2, ALINA POROJNICU³

   1Matei Bals National Institute for Infectious Diseases, 1, Grozovici str, 021105, Bucharest
   2Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 8, B-dul Eroilor Sanitari, 050511, Bucharest
   3Department of Radiation Biology, Institute for Cancer Research Rikshospitalet – Radiumhospitalet Medical Center, Oslo, Norway

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2. EVIDENCE FOR THE EPITHELIALMESENCHYMAL TRANSITION AS A PATHOGENIC MECHANISM OF PHENYTOININDUCED GINGIVAL OVERGROWTH

   CĂTĂLINA PISOSCHI¹, CAMELIA STĂNCIULESCU¹, CRISTINA MUNTEANU², ANA MARINA FUSARU³, MONICA BANIŢĂ³

   University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 2 Petru Rareş Street, 200349, Craiova, Romania
   1Department of Biochemistry,
   2Department of Oro-Maxillo-Facial Surgery,
   3Department of Histology,

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3. CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE CHEMICAL STUDY OF THE ESSENTIAL OIL ISOLATED FROM CORIANDER (OMAGIU CULTIVAR) FRUITS

   ADRIANA TRIFAN^1*, ANA CLARA APROTOSOAIE¹, ADRIAN ŞPAC², MONICA HĂNCIANU¹, ANCA MIRON¹, URSULA STĂNESCU¹

   1University of Medicine and Pharmacy “Grigore T. Popa”, Faculty of Pharmacy, 16 University Street, RO-700115 Iaşi, Romania
   1Department of Pharmacognosy
   2Department of Physical Chemistry

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4. CONTRIBUTION TO THE PHARMACOGNOSTICAL AND PHYTOBIOLOGICAL STUDY ON ABUTILON THEOPHRASTI MEDIK. (MALVACEAE)

   MIHAELA DINU¹, MARIA-LIDIA POPESCU², ROBERT ANCUCEANU^1*, MARILENA-VIORICA HOVANEŢ¹, GEORGE GHIŢULESCU¹

   1Pharmaceutical Botany Department, “Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 6 Traian Vuia, 020956, Bucharest, Romania
   2Pharmacognosy. Phytochemistry. Phytotherapy Department, “Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 6 Traian Vuia, 020956, Bucharest, Romania

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5. CORRELATIONS BETWEEN OBESITY ANTROPOMETRIC MARKERS, ADIPOCYTOKINES AND MONOCYTES OXIDATIVE STRESS STATUS IN TYPE 2 DIABETIC PATIENTS

   ELENA VIOLETA BĂCANU¹, DANIELA LIXANDRU^2,3*, IRINA STOIAN², BOGDANA VÎRGOLICI², MARIA MOHORA², ANDREEA LETITIA ARSENE², CONSTANTIN IONESCU-TÎRGOVIŞTE¹

   1“N Paulescu” National Institute of Diabetes, Nutrition and Metabolic Diseases, Bucharest, Romania
   2Department of Biochemistry, University of Medicine and Pharmacy “Carol Davila”, Bucharest, Romania
   3Institute of Biochemistry of the Romanian Academy, Bucharest, Romania

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6. SIMPLE AND FACILE SPECTROPHOTOMETRIC METHODS FOR THE DETERMINATION OF AMISULPRIDE IN PHARMACEUTICAL FORMULATIONS

   K.V.V. SATYANARAYANA, T. RAMESH, P. NAGESWARA RAO^*

   Department of Chemistry, National Institute of Technology, Warangal - 506004, Andhra Pradesh and India

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7. NEW MODIFIED RELEASE TABLETS WITH PENTOXIFYLLINE BASED ON LIPOPHILIC MATRIX. NOTE 1. FORMULATION, PHYSICAL STUDY AND DETERMINATION OF DISSOLUTION PROFILES OF THE ACTIVE SUBSTANCE FROM THE PROPOSED FORMULATIONS

   ELEONORA MIRCIA^1*, EMESE SIPOS², SILVIA IMRE³, VERONICA AVRIGEANU¹, GABRIEL HANCU⁴, BARNA IANTOVICS⁵, TEODORA BALACI⁶

   University of Medicine and Pharmacy Târgu-Mureş, Faculty of Pharmacy, Gh. Marinescu 38, 540139, Târgu-Mureş, Romania
   1Organic Chemistry Department
   2Pharmaceutical Technology Department
   3Drug Analysis Department
   4 Pharmaceutical Chemistry Department
   5“Petru Maior” University, Faculty of Science and Letters, Department of Mathematics and Informatics, Târgu-Mureş, Romania
   6University of Medicine and Pharmacy “Carol Davila”, Faculty of Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Technology Department, Bucharest, Romania

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8. ESTIMATION OF THERAPEUTIC EQUIVALENCE USING BIOEQUIVALENCE STATISTICAL METHODS FOR ALGOPIRIN TABLETS VERSUS EXCEDRIN ANALGESIC FORMULATIONS

   FLORIN ENACHE¹, ION MIRCIOIU², GEORGE CORLAN¹, ROXANA SANDULOVICI¹, CONSTANTIN MIRCIOIU¹

   1”Carol Davila” University of Medicine & Pharmacy, Bucharest
   2Biopharmacy & Pharmacol Res S.A., Bucharest

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9. IN VITRO EFFECTS OF SOME BIO-INDOLES ON THE TRANSMEMBRANE POTENTIAL OF JURKAT E 6.1 LIMPHOBLASTS

   CRISTINA MANUELA DRĂGOI¹, NICULINA MITREA¹, ANDREEA LETIŢIA ARSENE¹, ALINA CRENGUŢA NICOLAE¹, MIHAELA ILIE²

   1Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, “Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest
   2Department of Toxicology, Faculty of Pharmacy, “Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest

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10. ADVANTAGES OF “HEADSPACE” TECHNIQUE FOR GC/MS ANALISYS OF ESSENTIAL OILS

    ELENA S. ŞERBAN^*1, SONIA A. SOCACI², MARIA TOFANĂ², SIMONA C. MAIER¹, MARIUS T. BOJIŢĂ¹

    1University of Medicine and Pharmacy “Iuliu Hatieganu” Cluj-Napoca, Department of Drugs Analysis, Louis Pasteur 6, 400349, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
    2University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of Agriculture, 3-5 Mănăştur Street, Cluj-Napoca, Romania

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11. LONG-TERM USE OF NONSTEROIDAL ANTIINFLAMMATORY DRUGS AND DEPRESSION IN ELDERLY PATIENTS

    ILEANA RĂDUCANU^1*, ION FULGA², CRISTINA IONESCU¹, ANA SEGÂRCEANU²

    1“Ana Aslan” National Institute of Gerontology and Geriatrics, Bucharest
    2“Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest

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12. EFFECT OF VITAMIN D ON CARBONIC ANHYDRASE ACTIVITY EXPERIMENTAL REASEARCH IN VITRO AND IN VIVO

    CAMELIA ELIZA MRAZ^1*, MARIANA MUREŞAN¹, OTILIA MICLE¹, LAURA VICA޲, ANNAMARIA PALLAG², MARCELA COLTĂU³, IOAN PUŞCA޳

    1University of Oradea, Medicine and Pharmacy Faculty, Preclinical II Department, Str. 1 Decembrie, Nr. 10, Oradea, Romania
    2University of Oradea, Medicine and Pharmacy Faculty, Department of Pharmacy, Str. 1 Decembrie, Nr. 10, Oradea, Romania
    3City Hospital "Prof.Dr.Ioan Puşcaş" Research and Nursing Center, Şimleu Silvaniei, Sălaj, Romania

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13. CROSSLINKED CHITOSAN HYDROGEL MATRIX TABLETS FOR CONTROLLED RELEASE OF GABAPENTIN

    NARASIMHA S. MANAGOLI^1,4, RAGHAVENDRA V. KULKARNI², N. RAMARAO^3*, I. S. MUCHANDI¹

    1BVVS’s HSK College of Pharmacy, Bagalkot-587101, Karnataka, India.
    2BLDEA’s College of Pharmacy, BLDE University Campus, Bijapur- 586101, India.
    3Chalapati Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guntur 522034, Andhra Pradesh, India.
    4Acharya Nagarjun University, Nagarjunanagar, Guntur 522510, Andhra Pradesh, India.

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14. THE CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF THE ESSENTIAL OIL OF MARRUBIUM VULGARE L. FROM POLAND

    GRAŻYNA ZAWIŚLAK^*

    University of Life Science in Lublin, Department of Vegetable and Medicinal Plants, 58 Leszczyński Street, 20-068 Lublin, Poland

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15. RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ADIPONECTIN AND SOME METABOLIC PARAMETERS IN OBESE AND DIABETIC PATIENTS

    RAMONA GLIGOR¹, MARIA PUŞCHIŢĂ², DANA ZDREMŢAN¹, IOAN CRÎSNIC¹, CONSTANTIN IONESCU-TÎRGOVIŞTE³

    1Department of Biochemistry,”Vasile Goldiş” Western University, Arad, Henri Coanda, 31, Romania
    2Department of Internal Medicine,”Vasile Goldiş” Western University, Arad, Romania
    3National Institute of Diabetes, Nutrition and Metabolic Diseases N.C.Paulescu, Bucharest

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