Recently the use of high dose (megadose) of vitamin C in the medical profession has become popular for the treatment of several disease, namely cancers, atherosclerosis, influenza, infectious diseases, stress and aging process. However, there is still disagreement on the usefullness of this vitamin. Several studies reported about the benefits of vitamin C for certain diseases, whereas others cl…
Kayu angin is a liken that grows in Indonesia forests and commonly used to cure diarhea, stomachache, and cough. Based on the densitometric method, yellow kayu angin (KAK) contained 4.09 percent (from the dry weight) of major substance (substance A), and 2.99 percent of major substance (substance B) from green kayu angin (KAH). Previously, these substances were identified as uric acid which inh…
The aims of this study were to find out formulas of granules made from complexes drugs-shellac resin that has constant release pattern. The influence of pH on the drugs release was also investigated. The drug-shellac resin complex was made by dispersing disclofenac sodium into alcoholic solution of shellac. Three different ratios of the drug-shellac resin (1:5; 1:3; 1:1) respectively were made.…
Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) had pandemic around of the world. This diseases because human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infected. By December 1990, a global total of approximately 307.000 cases of AIDS had been officially reported to be WHO survey, and about 8-10 million human can be infected HIV in the year 2000. The synthetic drugs showed high toxicity level, dangerous and very e…
Citric acid is widely used in pharmaceutical preparation, therefore, a relatively simple but reliable methode of analysis need to be established. A critic acid solution (1 percent) was determined by alkalimetric method using NaOH standard solution and by complexometric method using EDTA standard solution. The precision and accuracy were then statistically compared. An official mixture consistin…
Principally, complications of post operative cataract surgery with pseudophakos implantation cover those complications due to the operation, and those due to the existence of pseudophakos within the eye ball. In Dr. Sardjito hospital, this operation has been done since 1988. There are many kinds of complication of this operation. This retrospective study is limited to those complications in the…