School of Pharmacy (PHR)

The role of Cannabis in the treatment of colon cancer

Rahman, Shariar Shuvo (BRAC University, 2023-02)

Cannabis as a treatment for colon cancer is an increasingly researched topic. This study assessed the effectiveness of cannabis in treating colon cancer. We searched PubMed, Research Gate, and Google Scholar for scholarly ...

Investigating sleeping habits and visuospatial abilities in COVID-19 survivors using the ACE-III scale

Chakraborty, Ushmayo (BRAC University, 2024-09)

COVID-19 pandemic a life threating disease caused by a virus has initiated many problems among the patients like sleeping problems, depression, anxiety and many more mental health related issues around the world. The main ...

Prevalence of depression and impact of associated risk factors among university students in Bangladesh

Khaleque, Umaira Abdul (BRAC University, 2024-04)

Depression is a prevalent and significant medical condition that has a profound impact on our emotions, thoughts, and behaviors. It is a prominent global illness, classified as one of the top four major disorders and a ...

Prevalence of Insomnia and its associated risk factors among university students of Bangladesh

Ifty, Mehzabeen (BRAC University, 2024-05)

Insomnia is a common sleep disorder characterized by nocturnal and diurnal symptoms including dissatisfaction with sleep quantity or quality, trouble initiating or maintaining sleep and significant discomfort and impaired ...

Association of mother’s vitamin D receptors TaqI gene risk of preterm birth and weight: a review

Nizhum, Tasnim Islam (BRAC University, 2023-05)

TaqI is a single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) located in the exon 9 of the vitamin D receptor (VDR) gene of the immune system-related cells and tissues of placenta with paracrine effect. Recent research has concentrated ...

Review on: Cell penetrating peptide-enabled drug delivery into a targeted cell

Naznin, Afrina (BRAC University, 2022-11)

In the past two to three decades, researchers have looked into a variety of perspectives and methods for cell penetrating peptides-mediated drug delivery, which has formed the basis of a brilliant method for delivering ...

Comparative review on major SARS-CoV-2 vaccines

Haque Zihad, Masbah Ul (BRAC University, 2021-12)

In December 2019, a transmittable disease widely known as Coronavirus-2 infection broke out in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China, due to severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), and became malignant throughout the world. ...

Evaluating memory and fluency in post-COVID survivors compared to non-COVID patients based on ACE- III scale

Aononno, Lamiya Ali (Brac University, 2024-09)

The immediate impact of COVID-19 can be life-threatening and has devastating effects on mental health. Though changes in mental health during COVID-19 have been observed, the extent of its long-term effects is still unclear. ...

In vitro anti-arthritic effect of Nypa fruticans Wurmb fruit pulp extract

Roma, Afsana Rahman (Brac University, 2024-09)

Despite the discovery of many medications, such as medicinal herbs, there is still a need to offer better, safer, and more effective drug sources for rheumatoid arthritis, an autoimmune inflammatory disease. The current ...

A review on synthesis and SARs of select natural alkaloids as anticancer agents

Siam, Md. Saif Hossain (Brac University, 2024-10)

Cancer is the leading cause of death worldwide. It is defined as the uncontrolled growth of abnormal cells in the body that affects healthy cells, have deleterious effects on vital organ functions and eventually death. New ...

Pooled efficacy analysis of phase II clinical trials of recurrent Glioblastoma

Islam, Farzana (Brac University, 2024-10)

Recurrent glioblastoma require more research due to its wide spread prevalence among people. Researchers are working tirelessly to enhance the accessibility, ease the evaluation as well as ensure the validation of the end ...

Toxicological evaluation of Rubia cordifolia root extract on heart and kidney of rat model

Eva, Taslia Afrose (Brac University, 2024-10)

Rubia cordifolia (Manjistha), is a plant which has an immense significance in Chinese and Indian medicine. The scientific databases has reported that the plant is widely used in treatment of heart failure, platelet ...

A study on the efficacy of 2% and 5% topical minoxidil solution on Adrenergic Alopecia

Bhuiyan, Tanjina Pioush (Brac University, 2023-04)

Minoxidil, mostly used as a vasodilator was first introduced as an oral drug used to treat high blood pressure. Then gradually minoxidil showed hair darkening of fine body hair as a side effect. This specific side effect ...

Regulating diabetes during COVID-19 – a review

Farzana, Atika (Brac University, 2023-06)

Inspite of having no significant relationship with SARS CoV-2 infection, diabetes takes to disease severity which tends to mortality often. Patients having poor blood glucose management are susceptible to death more in ...

A review in nanoparticles based treatment approaches for skin cancer

Tauna, Rahat Tasnim (Brac University, 2024-01)

Skin cancer has become the fifth most often reported malignancy worldwide, impacting both the financial and global health. The statistics on skin cancer have been further worsened by manufacturing, genetic modification, ...

Trastuzumab & Pertuzumab in the fight against breast cancer: mechanisms, significance, & future aspects

Joya, Janifa Ferdous (Brac University, 2023-09)

Cancer is a dangerous disease that has plagued humanity for centuries, ranking asathe second leadingacauseaofaglobal mortality. Ina2020, nearly 20 million lives were lost to cancer, with breast cancer (BC) being the most ...

A review on therapeutic approaches for Hepatitis C virus infection: synthetic methods and SARs of direct acting antivirals

Nawrin, Faria (Brac University, 2024-09)

This review provides risk factors that involves the modes of transmission as well as groups that are under risk of Hepatitis C virus (HCV). Moreover, lifecycle, pathogenesis and virulence of HCV is discussed. It also focuses ...