Current Issues of Pharmacy and Medical Sciences

Contents

1. Influence of ABCB1 genetic polymorphisms on the antiemetic response to ondansetron-based medication for cisplatin-based chemotherapy in South Indian cancer patients in a tertiary care hospital - 129

Ayyar Porkodi, Deepak Gopal Shewade, Goud Alladi Charanraj

2. Perineural invasion in nearby tissue adjacent to colorectal carcinoma with CD166 stem cell marker expression - 136
Mustafa Mohammed Ibraheem, Nawal Mustafa Abdullah, Sawsan Salih Alharoon

3. Natural bio-enhancer for bioavailability enhancement - 140
Eknath D. Ahire, Amit Kumar Singh, Neelesh Kumar Maurya, Poonam Maurya, Raj K. Keservani

4. Quality of life of lung cancer patients - 145
Valeriy Zub, Oleksandr Tolstanov, Andrii Kotuza, Elina Manzhalii

5. Azilsartan ameliorates aluminium chloride induced Alzheimer’s disease like pathology - 151
Sunita Mishra, Shakti Ketan Prusty, Pratap Kumar Sahu, Debajyoti Das

6. Comparison of disc-diffusion and disc-volatilization assays for determining the antimicrobial activity of Thymus vulgaris L. essential oil - 158
Katarzyna Ignatiuk, Ewelina Dzikon, Brygida Hagdej, Weronika Slotwinska, Maria Malm, Mateusz Ossowski, Martyna Kasela

7. Safety asssessment of iopromide contrast media: a narrative review focusing on adverse events - 163
João José Joaquim, Cristiano Matos, Ramona Mateos-Campos

8. Assessment of the potential role of Trefoil Factor-3 marker as a predictive marker of complication in splenectomized and non splenectomized patients with beta thalassemia major - 168
Hanaa Adday Ali, Ayat Saeed Awad, Rawaa Adday Ali, Muthana Salah, Mohauman M. Alrufaie

9. Assessing the role of serum Pentraxin-3 (PTX3) levels in hypothyroidism patients as risk marker of insulin resistance - 174
Israa Jafar, Hanaa Addai Ali, Rawaa Adday Ali, Mohauman Mohammed Alrufaie

10. Prevalence of aerobically growing opportunistic bacteria in the nasopharyngeal microbiota of pregnant women living in rural and urban areas - 180
Sylwia Andrzejczuk, Joanna Frend, Malgorzata Tomczak, Julia Cwiklak, Natalia Krakowiak, Magdalena Maciocha, Dorota Pietras-Ozga, Dominik Franciszek Dluski