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  JUNIPER PUBLISHERS - GLOBAL JOURNAL OF PHARMACY & PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES   Authored by Kansal D Abstract Introduction: Prescription audit is necessary to know the prescription practices and to improve rational pharmacotherapy. In India few publications are available on prescription audit. Materials and method: This was an observational study, undertaken between August 2016 to October 2016 for which data was collected from our OPDs. Results were compiled, tabulated and analyzed using Microsoft excel. Charts were drawn to present all the findings. Results: In total 317 medications were prescribed in 113 prescription notes. Therefore average number of drugs/prescription was 2.80. Demographic profile shows more females (58.40%) as compared to males (41.60%). Maximum patients (73.45%) were from adult age group, followed by children (14.15%). Most common dosage form was oral in 83.59%, topical were prescribed in 9.14% and injectable were recommended in 7.25%. Drugs

JUNIPER PUBLISHERS - GLOBAL JOURNAL OF PHARMACY & PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES   Authored by Eerike M Abstract Chronic hyperglycemia in diabetes will produce microvascualr & macrovascular complications. Strict glycemic control can reduce but not completely prevent the microvascular complications. C-peptide, a connecting peptide is one of the drugs under clinical trials for treatment of diabetic complications. Previously C-peptide was considered as a byproduct of insulin synthesis, but now it has been proven, as an active hormone with various actions. Replacement with C-peptide has been proven to reduce the type-1 diabetic complications but not in type 2 diabetic complications. This review is focusing on mechanism of action and actions of C-peptide, its role in type1 & type 2 diabetic complications, clinical trials related to C-peptide has been discussed. Keywords: Hyperglycemia; Microvascular complications; C-peptide; Diabetes; Clinical trial Abbreviations:

  JUNIPER PUBLISHERS - GLOBAL JOURNAL OF PHARMACY & PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES   Authored by Acharya PC Introduction Plants are used in the treatment of various diseases from the ancient time. The use of plants as a source of medicine lies deep in the root of antiquity. The traditional Indian system of medicine, Ayurveda and Unani are based on the use of plants, animals and other natural substances. The history of medicinal plants dates back to Rigveda, perhaps the oldest repository of human knowledge, which was written in about 4500-1600 B.C and Ayurveda (about 2500 B.C) which provide the detail accounts of many herbal drugs [ 1 ]. Most of the medicinally active substances investigated in the 19th and 20th centuries used in the form of crude extract [ 2 , 3 ]. Medicinal plants and natural product derived medicines are widely used in traditional cultures all over the world and they are becoming increasingly popular in modern society as natural alternatives to synthetic me