Free Radicals, Antioxidants in Disease and Health

Free radicals and oxidants play a dual role as both toxic and beneficial compounds, since they can be either harmful or helpful to the body. They are produced either from normal cell metabolisms in situ or from external sources (pollution, cigarette smoke, radiation, medication). When an overload of free radicals cannot gradually be destroyed, …

Vitamin C in Disease Prevention and Cure: An Overview

The recognition of vitamin C is associated with a history of an unrelenting search for the cause of the ancient haemorrhagic disease scurvy. Isolated in 1928, vitamin C is essential for the development and maintenance of connective tissues. It plays an important role in bone formation, wound healing and the maintenance of healthy gums. Vitamin C plays an important role in a number of metabolic …

A Review of Micronutrients and the Immune System–Working in Harmony to Redu…

Immune support by micronutrients is historically based on vitamin C deficiency and supplementation in scurvy in early times. It has since been established that the complex, integrated immune system needs multiple specific micronutrients, including vitamins A, D, C, E, B6, and B12, folate, zinc, iron, copper, and selenium, which play vital, often synergistic roles at every stage of the immune re…

Effects of the angiotensin-receptor blocker telmisartan on cardiovascular eve…

Angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors reduce major cardiovascular events, but are not tolerated by about 20% of patients. We therefore assessed whether the angiotensin-receptor blocker telmisartan would be eff ective in patients intolerant to ACE inhibitors with cardiovascular disease or diabetes with end-organ damage.

Antimicrobial actvity of 1% Feracrylum

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Hydroxy Acids and Retinoids in Cosmetics

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Cisapride : An Updated Review of its Pharmacology and Therapeutic Efficacy a…

Cisapride is an orally administered prokinetic agent which facilitates or restores motility throughout the length of the gastrointestinal tract. It is a substituted piperidinyl benzamide, chemically related to metoclopramide, but unlike metoclopramide, cisapride is largely devoid of central depressant or antidopaminergic effects. In placebo-controlled trials, cisapride improved healing rates an…

Cisapride: A Novel Gastroprokinetic Drug

Impaired gastrointestinal motility underlies a multitude of digestive complaints. Metoclopramide, an antidopaminergic and cholinomimetic agen~ was the first prokinetic drug used to treat such conditions, but a high incidence of adverse effects has limited its use, especially in inf ants. Domperidone, the second prokinetic drug marketed in Canada, is a potent peripheral dopamine receptor antagon…

Cisapride Improves Enteral Tolerance in Pediatric Short Bowel Syndrome with D…

Gastrointestinal (GI) dysmotility is common in pediatric short bowel syndrome (SBS), leading to prolonged parenteral nutrition (PN) dependence. There is limited literature regarding the safety and efficacy of cisapride for this indication

Functional Dyspepsia

Dyspepsia is a constellation of symptoms referable to the gastroduodenal region of the upper gastrointestinal tract. Functional dyspepsia, a relapsing and remitting disorder, is the most common cause of these symptoms. The current standard for the diagnosis of functional dyspepsia is the Rome III criteria, developed by the Rome III Committees, a multinational group of experts in the field, firs…