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Page No 1 Introduction 1 2 Microalgae's products and their biological activities 4 3 Macroalgae's products and their biological activities 10 4 Antibiotics and other medicines 11 5 Preventive effect of Spirulina maxima on fatty liver development by carbon tetrachloride 13 6 Algae as anti-carcinogenic 15 7 Alage in Chinese medicine 15 8 Nueroprotective products 15 9 New Drugs 16 10 Nutraceuticals 17 11 Carotenoids 18 12 Vermifuge activity 18 13 Conclusion 19 References 20 1....
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Staggering Statistics: According to a press release by the American College of Physicians in July 2000, the annual consumption of antibiotics in the United States was $ 15 billion and the cost of treating antibiotic resistant diseases was at least $ 1.... The report opines that behind the doctors stands, "an array of forces that keep the antibiotic consumption high".... From the patient's point of view the prescription of an antibiotic seems to imply three things: one, that the patient has an illness; two that a diagnosis has been made and...
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Anti infective drug research is a specialized branch of drug discovery unit in a pharmaceutical industry.... The exit of major pharmaceutical companies has created an opportunity for smaller companies to enter the antibacterial field, attracted by the lower development costs and by the concentrated prescribing of antibiotics directed at hospital infections....
With smaller companies coming up with drug discovery units, demand of antibacterial drug discovery scientists is also increasing
Skills and knowledge required to work as a Discovery working group (DWG) leader in anti bacterial drug research
The DWG leader must understand following criteria of scientific projects as suggested by NIH for discovery and development of some drugs:
Significance: The DWG leader should find out whether the new drugs of particular class are needed for fulfilling the unmet medical need....
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The essay 'development of Antibiotics as a New Era in Disease Treatment' investigates the nature of bacteria and antibiotics, both qualitative and its quantitative aspects.... The paper also describes how antibiotics allow to neutralize or kill bacteria but 'learn' how to resist this impact....
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Despite the Penicllin Act of 1948, more and more resistant strains of bacteria kept evolving, and continued research led to development of newer and newer antibiotics.... Thus, the mechanism of resistance was probed into, and researches ultimately found that development of resistance is produced by indiscriminate use of the antibiotics, and such use may well be termed as misuse or abuse (Wenzel, R.... antibiotic Consumption And Resistance Selection In Streptococcus pneumoniae....
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In this essay, the focus will be on the pharmaceutical industry.... Raman spectroscopy is being used in numerous fields including the pharmaceutical, the carbon and diamond industry, material science, gemology, geology and mineralogy and in forensic science (http://www.... Raman spectroscopy is used in drug design, development, formulation and in the manufacture chain.... However, the focus as of now will be on how Raman spectroscopy aids in drug development....
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The term “algae” a Latin term for seaweed, is a broad description to include a variety of phyla that fit the general description in terms of morphology and general physiology.... As very simple organisms, they have no roots, stems and leaves.... Their sexual organs are not found… In terms of physiology, they are basically autotrophic with all their materials from inorganic sources and photosynthetic producing complex carbon compounds from CO2 and light energy....
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This gave rise to the concern of people developing resistance to antibiotic drugs (BBC, 1999).... On the other hand, the reality has been that antibiotic drugs have helped in curbing certain infectious diseases through it its selective ability to kill the intended bacterial cells (Schmidt, Smith & Sehnert, 2002, p....
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Literature review