Mesothelioma

October 8, 2021 Rima 0

Mesothelioma is the cancer of mesothelial cells. These cells form the lining layer of viscera like in pleura, peritoneum, and tunica vaginalis. The most common […]

eIF4F (eukaryotic initiation factor 4F)

September 28, 2021 Rima 0

Eukaryotic initiation factor 4F or eIF4F play important role in regulating initiation of translation. There are many different eukaryotic initiation factors which play important role in […]

Imipenem

August 31, 2021 Rima 0

Imipenem belongs to class of drug called carbapenems– a group of beta-lactam antibiotics with broader spectrum of activity and great potency compared to other beta-lactam […]

Fosfomycin

August 26, 2021 Rima 0

Fosfomycin is synthetic derivative of phosphonic acid. It is broad spectrum antibiotic which is produced from organism Streptomyces fradiae. It is also produced synthetically.  Fosfomycin was […]

Telavancin

August 25, 2021 Rima 0

Telavancin is semisynthetic lipoglycopeptide derivative of vancomycin with a hydrophobic side chain attached to vancosamine sugar.  It was discovered in 2000 and is first marketed […]

Daptomycin

August 24, 2021 Rima 0

Daptomycin is cyclic lipopeptide antibiotic which is derived from Streptomyces roseosporus.  It was first discovered in early 1980s by scientists of Eli Lillly. Early work on […]

Histamine

August 22, 2021 Rima 0

What is histamine? Histamine is a potent biogenic amine and acts as chemical messenger. Its name is the combined form of histo- (tissue)+ amine. It […]

Fexofenadine

August 20, 2021 Rima 0

Fexofenadine is second generation, selective, non-sedating histamine (H1) receptor antagonist. Chemically, it belongs to piperidine class. It is metabolite of terfenadine. It was approved for […]