Can anyone provide the complete guidelines for drug development for topical formulations for wound healing?

We have evaluated the wound healing potentials of different compounds at particular concentrations in laboratory animals. Now, we want to move in the direction of drug development for some topical...

31 December 2019 7,095 1 View

How to determine the antioxidant effect of our nanoparticles by DPPH method?

We want to determine the antioxidant effects of our prepared formulation of nanoparticles by DPPH method. Our formulation is having some col and different excipients/vehicles. Please also tell how...

09 October 2019 9,228 2 View

What is the difference / significance between western blot and IHC for assessing same growth factor/other marker (e.g. TGF-beta1, alpha-SMA, VEGF)?

I am interested in assessing the expression of some growth factor (e.g. TGF-beta 1) or other marker (e.g. PCNA, CD31). I want to know the difference in term of significance for assessing the same...

02 March 2018 6,697 3 View

Can anyone provide me the reference of Wilson's formula for % wound contraction?

I want to measure the % wound contraction from the data of wound area by using Wilson's formula. Can anyone provide me the formula and reference for this formula?

05 June 2016 6,270 0 View

Can anyone suggest or provide PDF file of books on dose selection of herbal drugs and their formulation development?

I want to mix two and more than 2 herbal drugs for the preparation of herbal formulation. Can anyone suggest or provide me the PDF file of books on herbal dose selection, their standardization in...

04 May 2016 4,262 0 View

Can anyone suggest or provide PDF file of books on wound healing?

04 May 2016 6,808 1 View

Is DMSO safer for wounds?

I want to disolve drugs in DMSO and want to apply them topically on wounds, but some researchers have pointed me that it is cytotoxic even at lower concentration i.e. 10% or more. Can anyone...

03 April 2016 1,196 8 View

Does DMSO has adverse effect on topical application on wound or healing tissue?

I am using DMSO as a vehicle for dissolving the drug for the the topical application on wounds. Dose anyone have observed the adverse effect of DMSO on wound healing or other side effects?. What...

03 April 2016 4,096 5 View

Is tri-sodium citrate used for prepration of citrate buffer dissolving streptozotocin?

Citrate buffer is used for dissolving the streptozotocin for diabetes induction. Is the tri-sodium citrate used for tie preparation of citrate buffer?

03 April 2016 8,399 2 View

Can we use dried/lypholozed methanolic extracts of plants for feeding to animals?

I have prepared some plant extracts in different solvents and among them methanolic extracts are showing best in-vitro results for antioxidant potentials. Now, I want to feed or administer these...

01 February 2016 9,794 4 View

How to define and get results (stresses) for certain points of a model in abaqus, using python? When the size of the model changes?

I want to do a parameter study of a aixsymmetric cylinder in Abaqus. I want to create several jobs where I get the stresses for 3 different points in my model. These points are defined. I wrote a...

01 March 2021 10,078 1 View

LOAD DISPLACEMENT CURVES Stiffness increasing in ANSYS non linear analysis. HOW CAN I CORRECT IT?

Hi. I am doing non linear FE analysis using a new material beam under flexural 2 point loading using ANSYS. I have defined a bilinear material model. The solution has converged. In results I am...

01 March 2021 9,911 3 View

Is there anyone who experienced with cytotoxic effect of Hoescht 33342 dye?

Is Hoechst toxic to cells? In general, it is known as non-toxic. I am working with dsRED MDA-MB-231 cell line. I applied it for my PDMS-based microfluidic platform, for this reason, I incubated...

26 February 2021 9,119 3 View

How relevant is Mini slump cone?

for all the rheology researchers, my question is, how relevant is a mini slump cone (smaller than a standard 50 cent rheometer). currently based on testing, the thickness of slumped material is...

26 February 2021 3,668 1 View

Stress/strain tensors decomposition ???

25 February 2021 6,760 1 View

How to reduce residual stresses in MD simulation?

I am working on a preparation of representative polymeric structures of some popular polymers, such as polyimide or PTFE for MD simulation, during which a single nitrogen or oxygen atom will be...

24 February 2021 8,105 3 View

Suggestions for occupational stress surveys?

I am currently writing a masters thesis on reasons for occupational stress in the early childhood classroom, and want to include a short survey assessing participants work-related stress levels. I...

24 February 2021 8,678 2 View

What are the pros and cons for mice versus rats?

Hi Everyone, I am designing a pilot study using rodents to assess the effects of simulated space environments (radiation + altered gravity) on microbiome and immune system. I have limited...

24 February 2021 1,825 3 View

What should be the duration of exposure to simulated space environments with Rodents?

Hi, I am currently working on a pilot study to get some data related to the impact of long duration spaceflight to the microbiome and the immune system. I plan to use rats and simulate...

22 February 2021 592 1 View

How to calculate the fraction metabolized of a drug by an enzyme using clearance(ml/min) values of the metabolite formed?

I am trying to find the fraction metabolized of a drug by CYP and UGT enzymes. I am unable to get the values of fraction metabolized (Fm) directly from the literature. Can we calculate the Fm of a...

21 February 2021 5,379 2 View