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| LPU scholar ‘develops’ new method for improved diabetes drug delivery | | | Jehangir Rashid
Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Jan 4: Lovely Professional University (LPU) Jallandhar has claimed that one of its research scholars has developed a new method for improved diabetes drug delivery.
An official of the university said that Rubiya Khursheed, a PhD research scholar at School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, LPU has developed an herbal formulation containing a combination of Synbiotics (a dietary supplement that combines pre-biotic and pro-biotic) and curcumin (Haldi) that helps in the treatment of diabetes.
“Rubiya recently made India proud by presenting her path breaking research at one of the world’s foremost Pharma conferences, ‘AAPS (American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists) PharmSci 360’, held at San Antonio (Texas), USA. 15 Nobel Laureates, 6000 scientists and 600 Pharmacy Industry representatives from across the world attended the conference,” said the official.
Titled ‘Exploring the role of Synbiotics as carrier to solidify Self-Nano emulsifying Drug Delivery System’ Rubiya’s research explores the usage of Synbiotics (a dietary supplement that combines pre-biotic and pro-biotic) as solid carriers for poorly soluble drug (curcumin) useful for the treatment of diabetes.
“The emulsified drug is absorbed by the body easily, leading to significantly lower dosage requirement of just 5 mg against 500 mg that is generally prescribed for Type 2 Diabetes. This not only brings down the cost of the medicine for the patients but also eliminates the side effects caused by high dosages like low blood sugar, upset stomach, skin rashes or itching,” said the official.
Rubiya used mushroom polysaccharide as pre-biotic and friendly bacteria pro-biotic to develop the Synbitoics, leading to it being 100 percent chemical free and non-synthetic. She is currently working on development of Nano carriers for improving the oral bio-availability of poorly soluble drugs under the supervision of senior Dean Dr. Monica Gulati, Dr. Sachin Kumar Singh and Dr Sheetu at LPU.
She has already published thirteen research papers in reputed international journals, including ‘Drug Discovery Today’, ‘European Journal of Pharmacology’ and ‘Journal of Drug Delivery Science and Technology. Hailing from Bagh-e-Mehtab, Srinagar, Rubiya was amongst the few student researchers from India who were invited to present their work at this global conference.
Feeling elated over the development Rubiya said, “I feel privileged to have got the opportunity to present my research at such a prestigious international platform before Nobel laureates and esteemed scientists.” |
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