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Department of Pharmacy, Jahangirnagar University, Savar, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Biography

Dr. Masum Shahriar is a Professor in the Department of Pharmacy at Jahangirnagar University, Dhaka, Bangladesh. His research study major is on Cell Culture, Allergic Diseases, PCR, Western Blot, AnalysisInflammation, Electrophoresis, Gel Electrophoresis, Pharmacy, Pharmacology, Gene Expression. He published nearly about 55 articles in many journals and the articles are informative and got good citations. He had worked on 3 projects on an ethanol extract of Crotalaria verrucosa leaf, MS thesis, and ethanolic extract of Bangladeshi medicinal plants on STZ induced type-2 diabetic rats which is much informative and interesting.

Publications

• Research   
  Comparative Clinical Study of Nabayas Louha: An Ayurvedic Haematinic Preparation and a Conventional Iron Preparation in Female Anemic Patients
  Author(s): JMA Hannan, Prawej Ansari*, Hamid A. Bakshi, Masum Shahriar, Shofiul Azam, Hakkim L. Faruck and MSK Choudhuri
  
  Anemia is common nutritional disorder and it affects one third of population around the globe. Assessing nutritional status of human is an inevitable process to lead a healthy life. Females are affected significantly by anemia compare to male. According to WHO report, developing herbs-based formulation to treat anemic patients is safe and less toxic. In this study a double-blind, cross group comparative clinical trial of Nabayas Louha (NBL) a Ayurvedic haematinic preparation with G-Iron Folic Acid (IFA) was undertaken on 66 female anemic volunteers with age between 20-30 years. It was seen that NBL after being administered at a daily dose of 500 mg for 30 days significantly increased the hemoglobin content of the treated volunteers. It produced an increase in serum iron content and decreases total iron binding capacity. The ESR level was also decreased. These effects of NBL were found.. View More»
  DOI: 10.35248/2329-9029.20.8.253

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