Nashiru Billa
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Recent Articles
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Fernandes Q, Billa N
Biomed Pharmacother
. 2024 Dec;
182():117772.
PMID: 39700870
Amygdalin is a plant-based cyanogenic glycoside that has been the subject of both scientific interest and controversy for decades. Traditionally used in alternative medicine for its diverse biological activities, including...
2.
Amekyeh H, Sabra R, Billa N
Drug Des Devel Ther
. 2024 Mar;
18:613-630.
PMID: 38476206
Oral administration of dosage forms is convenient and beneficial in several respects. Lipid nanoparticulate dosage forms have emerged as a useful carrier system in deploying low solubility drugs systemically, particularly...
3.
Iqbal H, Fernandes Q, Idoudi S, Basineni R, Billa N
Polymers (Basel)
. 2024 Feb;
16(3).
PMID: 38337275
Additive manufacturing (AM) or 3D printing (3DP) is arguably a versatile and more efficient way for the production of solid dosage forms such as tablets. Of the various 3DP technologies...
4.
Elsayed Mahmoud D, Billa N
J Biomater Sci Polym Ed
. 2024 Jan;
35(6):898-915.
PMID: 38284331
Biopharmaceutical and biomedical applications of chitosan has evolved exponentially in the past decade, owing to its unique physicochemical properties. However, further applications can be garnered from modified chitosan, specifically, depolymerized...
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Khalid G, Billa N
Materials (Basel)
. 2023 Nov;
16(22).
PMID: 38005174
Surgical site infections (SSIs) may result from surgical procedures requiring a secondary administration of drugs at site or systemically in treating the infection. Drug-eluting sutures containing antimicrobial agents symbolise a...
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Idoudi S, Bedhiafi T, Sahir F, Hijji Y, Uddin S, Merhi M, et al.
Int J Biol Macromol
. 2023 Mar;
235:123827.
PMID: 36858085
Colon cancer (CRC) is the second leading cause of death and the third most diagnosed cancer worldwide. Although curcumin (CUR) has demonstrated a potent anticancer activity, it is characterized by...
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Bedhiafi T, Idoudi S, Alhams A, Fernandes Q, Iqbal H, Basineni R, et al.
J Control Release
. 2022 Dec;
353:842-849.
PMID: 36529384
Polydopamine (PDA) is a biopolymer with unique physicochemical properties, including free-radical scavenging, high photothermal conversion efficiency, biocompatibility, biodegradability, excellent fluorescent and theranostic capacity due to their abundant surface chemistry. Thus,...
8.
Bedhiafi T, Idoudi S, Fernandes Q, Al-Zaidan L, Uddin S, Dermime S, et al.
Biomed Pharmacother
. 2022 Dec;
158:114093.
PMID: 36495664
Vitamin C is an important nutrient implicated in different physiological functions in humans. Despite its important biological functions, therapeutic applications of vitamin C are rare and its use is further...
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Idoudi S, Hijji Y, Bedhiafi T, Korashy H, Uddin S, Merhi M, et al.
Carbohydr Polym
. 2022 Oct;
297:120034.
PMID: 36184178
Curcumin (CUR) manifests anti-colon cancer activity but suffers from low solubility, bioavailability, and instability, rendering it not as effective as its chemotherapeutic cousins. Here, we conjugate CUR to succinic anhydride...
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Fairuz S, Nair R, Billa N
Pharmaceutics
. 2022 Sep;
14(9).
PMID: 36145572
Amphotericin B is an effective polyene antifungal considered as a "gold standard" in the management of fungal infections. Currently, it is administered mainly by IV due to poor aqueous solubility,...