scholarly journals Tools for the Quality Control of Pharmaceutical Heparin

Medicina ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 55 (10) ◽  
pp. 636 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anthony Devlin ◽  
Courtney Mycroft-West ◽  
Patricia Procter ◽  
Lynsay Cooper ◽  
Scott Guimond ◽  
...  

Heparin is a vital pharmaceutical anticoagulant drug and remains one of the few naturally sourced pharmaceutical agents used clinically. Heparin possesses a structural order with up to four levels of complexity. These levels are subject to change based on the animal or even tissue sources that they are extracted from, while higher levels are believed to be entirely dynamic and a product of their surrounding environments, including bound proteins and associated cations. In 2008, heparin sources were subject to a major contamination with a deadly compound—an over-sulphated chondroitin sulphate polysaccharide—that resulted in excess of 100 deaths within North America alone. In consideration of this, an arsenal of methods to screen for heparin contamination have been applied, based primarily on the detection of over-sulphated chondroitin sulphate. The targeted nature of these screening methods, for this specific contaminant, may leave contamination by other entities poorly protected against, but novel approaches, including library-based chemometric analysis in concert with a variety of spectroscopic methods, could be of great importance in combating future, potential threats.

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 38
Author(s):  
Hayata Hayata ◽  
Yulistiati Nengsih ◽  
Rahmanto Wibowo

Production increasing of latex on rubber plants can be increased by using a stimulants. One of it  is Vicar 10 SL. The purpose of this study was to find out the effect of Vicar 10 SL on the production and quality of latex. This research was carried out in the Kasang Parit Village, Sekernan District, Muaro Jambi Regency, and the Goods Quality Control and Certification Center on Industry and trade department   in Jambi Province. The study was conducted in July to August 2017. The design used was a completely randomized design with one treatment factor as the Vicar 10 SL application with four levels of treatment, namely; Without treatment (V0/control), 1 ml/Tree (V1), 2 ml/tree (V2), 3 ml/tree (V3). There were 4 times  repeatation on each treatment. Using  fingers, a Vicar 10 SL solution was applied to the tapping groove which was adjusted to the treatment, and allowed to keep it 24 hours. Tapping is done in the next morning, by following the grooves and be stored in a cup and left until the latex stoped dripping. Vicar was given once a week during 30 days. Tapping was done 3 times a week. The variables observed were latex production (gram/tree/day), dry rubber content (%), latex ash content (%), and latex dirt content (%). Vicar giving 10 SL in the tapping site with a dose of 2 ml / tree gave the highest yield of latex production (93.38 grams / tree / day) and dry rubber content (75.50%) and was significantly different compared to the other treatments. Vicar giving 10 SL in tapping site had no significant effect on latex dirt content and latex ash contentKeywords: Latex, stimulant, product and quality Abstrak Peningkatan produksi lateks pada tanaman karet dapat ditingkatkan dengan menggunakan stimulan. Salah satu pemakaian yang digunakan adalah Vikar 10 SL. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk megetahui penggunaan stimulan pada bidang sadap dalam mempengaruhi produksi dan kualitas lateks. Penelitian ini dilakukan di Desa kasang Parit Kecamatan Sekernan Kabupaten Muaro Jambi, dan Balai Pengujian dan Sertifikasi Mutu Barang (BPSMB) Disperindag Propinsi Jambi. Penelitian dilakukan pada bulan Juli sampai dengan Agustus 2017. Rancangan yang digunakan adalah Rancangan Acak Lengkap dengan satu faktor perlakuan pemberian stimulan (Vikar 10 SL) dengan empat taraf perlakuan  yaitu; Tanpa perlakuan (V0/kontrol),  1 ml/ Pohon (V1),  2 ml/pohon (V2), 3 ml/pohon  (V3). Setiap perlakuan diulang sebanyak 4 kali. Dengan menggunakan jari dioleskan larutan Vikar 10 SL pada alur sadap  yang disesuaikan dengan perlakuan, dan didiamkan selama 24 jam. Penyadapan dilakukan pada pagi hari esoknya, dengan mengikuti alur torehan dan ditampung dalam cawan dan dibiarkan sampai lateks berhenti menetes. Pemberian Vikar dilakukan sekali 7 hari selama 30 hari. Penyadapan dilakukan  3 kali dalam seminggu. Peubah yang diamati adalah produksi lateks (gram/pohon/hari)), kadar karet kering (%), kadar abu lateks (%), kadar kotoran lateks (%). Pemberian stimulan (Vikar 10 SL) pada bidang sadap dengan dosis 2 ml/pohon memberikan hasil yang tertinggi terhadap produksi lateks 93,38 gram/pohon/hari dan kadar karet kering 75,50 % dan berbeda nyata bila dibandingkan dengan perlakuan lainnya. Pemberian stimulan (Vikar 10 SL) pada bidang sadap berpengaruh tidak nyata terhadap kotoran lateks dan kadar abu lateksKata kunci :Lateks, stimulan, produksi dan kualitas


2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 71
Author(s):  
R. A. B. M. Ranawaka ◽  
H. M. D. Nisansala ◽  
N. M. S. Sirimuthu ◽  
Chami N. K. Patabendige

PLoS ONE ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (8) ◽  
pp. e0237191 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gunavanthi D. Y. Boorgula ◽  
A. Townsend Peterson ◽  
Desmond H. Foley ◽  
Roman R. Ganta ◽  
Ram K. Raghavan

2019 ◽  
Vol 891 ◽  
pp. 103-108
Author(s):  
Suejit Pechprasarn ◽  
Kodchakorn Ittipornnuson ◽  
Thitika Jungpanich ◽  
Nattha Pensupa ◽  
Naphat Albutt

Surface plasmon resonance (SPR) based biosensor is a gold standard optical sensor for biological protein interaction in life science. In this paper, we firstly discuss how the SPR based sensor can give unique advantages over other sensing techniques for food safety and food quality control in food industry. We discuss the differences in sample preparation process for the SPR system and other screening methods and point out that the SPR can reduce the food screen quality control cost and time. A brief review of food analysis that has been tested under SPR system. Key requirements for building up a surface plasmon resonance based sensor for food industry especially in Thailand are highlighted. An SPR based sensor has been recently developed and constructed based on the requirements. We also discuss practical issues and how to possibly get around them.


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