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

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 locate and collect the pineal gland in the amphibian brain?

Our team has been trying to locate and collect the pineal gland in the American bullfrog's brain (Lithobates catesbeianus) for some time now. However, we don't have a standardized protocol for...

18 February 2021 3,453 4 View

How can you tell if your organotypic slice culture is healthy ?

I'm working on organotypic cerebellar slice cultures from postnatal rats and I'm not sure how to tell if the slices are healthy at any given point. I know there should be a lot of microglial...

15 February 2021 2,830 2 View

Why daily dexamethasone given to rats fed high fat/fructose/salt cause very high mortality rate?

rats were given daily dexamethasone in drinking water corresponding to 0.5 mg/kg or 2 mg/kg. These rats are simultaneously fed 25% fat, 3% salt in diet and 10% fructose in drinking water but...

15 February 2021 7,634 2 View

Can anyone suggest a way to dissolve insulin which is for rat/mouse injection?

We are trying to inject insulin to rat or mouse, but the insulin we've got is powder, and there are many ways for dissolve, like in saline, PBS, DMSO, or in Tris-HCl, can anyone give us a...

13 February 2021 8,426 10 View

GST assay in microplate?

I'd like to know if anyone can provide me with a protocol for traditional GST enzymatic assay (with GSH and CDNB as substrates) in a 96 well microplate, for cell line and/or C.elegans...

11 February 2021 1,328 3 View

How do I fix tissue rolling while cutting frozen rat brain section with a cryostat?

I am cutting rat brain sections at 20um at -20C. The tissue is cutting nicely out of the O.C.T solution, but I can not get a decent section to adhere to the slide. I have included an image.

09 February 2021 1,345 5 View

Rat Macrophage Markers for Flow Cytometry?

Hello, I'm trying to identify good putative macrophage markers for flow cytometry in rats.

04 February 2021 3,913 4 View

Does anyone know how to isolation of high-purity myenteric plexus from adult rat gastrointestinal tract for further biochemical investigation?

I would like to isolate myenteric plexus from the rats small intestine and then isolate certains components of ENS (enteric nervous system) by biochemical tests.

04 February 2021 6,068 2 View