Curcumin-loaded Butea monosperma gum-based hydrogel: A new excipient for controlled drug delivery and anti-bacterial applications.

The wide spectrum of applications provided by curcumin has attracted researchers worldwide to identify its molecular targets and employ it in various biomedical applications. The present research work focuses on the development of a Butea monosperma gum-based hydrogel encapsulated with curcumin and further employing it for two diverse applications, i.e.

A Review of Adsorbents for Heavy Metal Decontamination: Growing Approach to Wastewater Treatment.

Heavy metal is released from many industries into water. Before the industrial wastewater is discharged, the contamination level should be reduced to meet the recommended level as prescribed by the local laws of a country. They may be poisonous or cancerous in origin.

A rapid and non-destructive ATR-FTIR spectroscopy method supported by chemometrics for discriminating between facial creams and the classification into herbal and non-herbal brands.

Facial creams are considered to be essential beauty items and are used by both females and males on an everyday basis. These can be encountered as an evidentiary material in criminal investigations, particularly in cases related to sexual and physical assaults against women. These are found in trace amounts and therefore their analysis is difficult and also, it must be through non-destructive methods.

Neem gum based pH responsive hydrogel matrix: A new pharmaceutical excipient for the sustained release of anticancer drug.

The present research work was aimed to synthesize neem gum-based site-specific drug delivery device for anticancer drug methotrexate at different pH condition. The hydrogel-based drug delivery device was synthesized by optimizing reaction parameters using a factorial design approach response surface method. This model comprised of various sets of reactions with varying concentrations of solvent, crosslinker, initiator and monomer under microwave radiation.