GNIPST Bulletin 36.1

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1st August, 2014 Volume No.: 36 Issue No.: 01Vision

TO REACH THE PINNACLE OF GLORY AS A CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE IN THE FIELOF PHARMACEUTICAL AND BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES BY KNOWLEDGE BASED

LEARNING AND PRACTICE

ontentsMessage from PRINCIPALEditorial boardHistorical article

News UpdateKnowledge based ArticleDisease Related BreakingNewsUpcoming EventsDrugs Update

Campus NewsStudents SectionEditors NoteArchive

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MESSAGE FROM PRINCIPAL

" It can happen. It does happen. But it can't happen if you quit ." Lauren Dane.

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then is not an act, but a habit . Aristotle

It gives me immense pleasure to pen a few words for our e-bulletin. At the onset I would like to thank thelast years editors and congratulate the newly selected editors for the current year.

Our first consideration is always in the best interest of the students. Our goal is to promote academicexcellence and continuous improvement.

I believe that excellence in education is aided by creating a learning environment in which all learners aresupported in maximizing their potential and talents. Education needs to focus on personalized learningand instruction, while promoting an education system that is impartial, universally accessible, and meetingthe needs of all students.

It is of paramount importance that our learners have sufficient motivation and encouragement in order toachieve their aims. We are all very proud of you, our students, and your accomplishments and lookforward to watching as you put your mark on the profession in the years ahead.

The call of the time is to progress, not merely to move ahead. Our progressive Management is lookingforward and wants our Institute to flourish as a Post Graduate Institute of Excellence. Steps are taken inthis direction and fruits of these efforts will be received by our students in the near future. Our Teachersare committed and dedicated for the development of the institution by imparting their knowledge and playthe role of facilitator as well as role model to our students.

The Pharmacy profession is thriving with a multitude of possibilities, opportunities and positivechallenges. At Guru Nanak Institute of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology, our focus is on holisticneeds of our students.

I am confident that the students of GNIPST will recognize all the possibilities, take full advantage of theopportunities and meet the challenges with purpose and determination.

Excellence in Education is not a final destination, it is a continuous walk. I welcome you to join us onthis path.

My best wishes to all.

Dr. A. Sengupta

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EDITORIAL BOARD

CHIEF EDITOR DR. ABHIJIT SENGUPTAEDITOR MS. JEENATARA BEGUMASSOCIATE EDITOR MR. DIPANJAN MANDAL

HISTORICAL ARTICLE

Days of the Papyrus EbersThough Egyptian medicine dates from about 2900 B.C., bestknown and most important pharmaceutical record is the "Papyrus

Ebers" (1500 B.C.), a collection of 800 prescriptions, mentioning700 drugs. Pharmacy in ancient Egypt was conducted by two ormore echelons: gatherers and preparers of drugs, and "chiefs offabrication," or head pharmacists. They are thought to haveworked in the "House of Life." In a setting such as this, the"Papyrus Ebers" might have been dictated to a scribe by a headpharmacist as he directed compounding activities in the drug

room.

NEWS UPDATE

Scientists found new calorie-burning switch inbrown fat: (1 st August, 2014)Biologists have identified a signaling pathway that switches on apowerful calorie-burning process in brown fat cells. The studysheds light on a process known as "brown fat thermogenesis,"which is of great interest to medical researchers because itnaturally stimulates weight loss and may also protect againstdiabetes.


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Scientists analyze how influenza-related proteinshelp infect cells: (31 st July, 2014)Scientists calculate the transformation of a protein associated withinfluenza and discover details of intermediate states that may betreated with new drugs.

Study of twins discovers gene mutation linked toshort sleep duration: (31 st July, 2014)Researchers who studied 100 twin pairs have identified a genemutation that may allow the carrier to function normally on less

than six hours of sleep per night. The genetic variant also appearsto provide greater resistance to the effects of sleep deprivation.

Clostridium difficile vaccine proves safe, 100percent effective in animal models: (31 st July,2014)An experimental vaccine protected 100 percent of animal models

against the highly infectious and virulent bacterium, Clostridiumdifficile, which causes an intestinal disease that kills approximately30,000 Americans annually.

New leads for liver disease treatments: Strictgenomic partitioning by biological clock separateskey metabolic functions: (31 st July, 2014)

Much of the liver's metabolic function is governed by circadianrhythms -- our own body clock -- and researchers have now foundtwo independent mechanisms by which this occurs.


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Disease mutations in mosaicism, rare conditionwhere cells within the same person have

different genetic makeup: (31st

July, 2014)Scientists have long speculated that mosaicism -- a biologicalphenomenon, in which cells within the same person have adifferent genetic makeup -- plays a bigger role in the transmissionof rare disease mutations than is currently known. A study shedsnew light on the frequency of mosaicism in genomic disorders andits influence on recurrence risk. For detail mail to editor

KNOWLEDGE BASED ARTICLE

NEUTRACEUTICALS

A nutraceutical is any substance considered as a food, or its part

which, in addition to its normal nutritional value provides healthbenefits including the prevention of disease or promotion ofhealth.

Nutraceutical, was coined from the words nutrition andpharmaceutical, was coined in 1989 by Stephen L. DeFelice, founder and chairman of the Foundation of InnovationMedicine. The term is applied to products that range fromisolated nutrients, dietary supplements and herbal products, specific diets and processed foods such as cereals, soups, andbeverages.


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Classification of Nutraceuticals:

Nutraceuticals are products derived from food sources that arepurported to provide extra health benefits, in addition to the basicnutritional value found in foods. Depending on the jurisdiction,products may claim to prevent chronic diseases, improve health,delay the aging process, increase life expectancy, or support thestructure or function of the body.

Dietary supplements

A dietary supplement is a product that contains nutrients derived

from food products that are concentrated in liquid or capsule form.In the US, the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act(DSHEA) of 1994 defined the term: A dietary supplement is aproduct taken by mouth that contains a "dietary ingredient"intended to supplement the diet. The "dietary ingredients" in theseproducts may include: vitamins, minerals, herbs or otherbotanicals, amino acids, and substances such as enzymes, organ

tissues, glandulars, and metabolites. Dietary supplements can alsobe extracts or concentrates, and may be found in many forms suchas tablets, capsules, softgels, gelcaps, liquids, orpowders.

Dietary supplements do not have to be approved by the U.S. Foodand Drug Administration (FDA) before marketing, but companiesmust register their manufacturing facilities with the FDA. With afew well-defined exceptions, dietary supplements may only bemarketed to support the structure or function of the body, andmay not claim to treat a disease or condition, and must include alabel that says: These statements have not been evaluated by theFood and Drug Administration. This product is not intended todiagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.


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Functional foods

Functional foods are designed to allow consumers to eat enrichedfoods close to their natural state, rather than by taking dietary

supplements manufactured in liquid or capsule form. Functionalfoods have been either enriched or fortified, a processcalled nutrification. This practice restores the nutrient content ina food back to similar levels from before the food was processed.Sometimes, additional complementary nutrients are added, suchas vitamin Dto milk.

Health Canada defines functional foods as ordinary food that has

components or ingredients added to give it a specific medicalor physiologicalbenefit, other than a purely nutritionaleffect. In Japan, all functional foods must meet three establishedrequirements: foods should be (1) present in their naturally-occurring form, rather than a capsule, tablet, or powder; (2)consumed in the diet as often as daily; and (3) should regulate abiological process in hopes of preventing or controlling disease.

THE FUTURE OF NUTRACEUTICALS

Increasing awareness levels about fitness and health, spurred bymedia coverage are prompting the majority of people to leadhealthier lifestyles, exercise more, and eat healthy. The expandingnutraceutical market indicates that end users are seekingminimally processed food with extra nutritional benefits andorganoleptic value. This development, in turn, is propellingexpansion in the nutraceutical markets globally. The emergingnutraceuticals industry seems destined to occupy the landscape inthe new millennium. Its tremendous growth has implications forthe food, pharmaceutical, healthcare, and agricultural industries.Many scientists believe that enzymes represent another exciting


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frontier in nutraceuticals. "Enzymes have been underemployed...they're going to be a hot area in the future." Fermentationtechnology using microbes to create new food products alsorepresents potential. Global trends to healthy products cannot bereversed. Companies taking the lead by investing strategically inscience, product development, marketing and consumer educationwill not go unrewarded.

DISEASE RELATED BREAKING NEWS

Ebola virus disease, West Africa (31 st July,

2014)Between 24 and 27 July 2014, a total of 122 new cases of Ebolavirus disease (EVD; laboratory-confirmed, probable, and suspectcases) as well as 57 deaths were reported from Guinea, Liberia,Nigeria, and Sierra Leone. The Ebola epidemic trend in Guinea,Liberia, and Sierra Leone remains precarious with ongoingcommunity and health-facility transmissions of infection. The

surge in the number of new EVD cases calls for concentratedefforts by all to address the identified problems, such as healthfacility transmission and effective contact tracing.On 29 July 2014, the National IHR Focal Point for Nigeriaconfirmed that the probable EVD case notified to WHO on 27 July 2014 was symptomatic at the time of arrival in Nigeria andthat 59 contacts (15 from among the airport staff and 44 from the

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UPCOMING EVENTS5th International Conference on Stem Cells and Cancer 2014, JNUConvention Centre, New Delhi, India from 8-10 November, 2014

DRUGS UPDATES

FDA Approves Acticlate: (28 th July, 2014)

West Chester-based Aqua Pharmaceuticals, an Almirall company,today announces the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)approval of the NDA for Acticlate (doxycycline hyclate USP)Tablets, 150 mg and 75 mg, thereby continuing Aquas leadershipin medical dermatology and oral antibiotics for acne.Read more

CAMPUS NEWS

We congratulate the following M.Pharm. final year students whohave made their positions in different pharmaceutical companies.

Anirban Banerjee (Emami Ltd.)

Mahender Roy (Stadmed private Ltd.)

We congratulate the following B.Pharm. final year students fortheir success.

Samadrita Mukherjee (Abbott India Ltd.)

Suman Sarkar (Tata Medical Centre-Apollo Pharmacy)

Shrewashee Mukherjee (Fresenius Kabi-Parenteral Nutrition)

Avishek Naskar (Glaxo SmithKline-Marketing)


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Bappaditya Manik (USV Limited)

Sarbani Das (Nutri Synapzz-Marketing)

Ankita Roy (Nutri Synapzz-Marketing)Rahul Mitra (B M Pharmaceuticals-Production)

Satarupa Bhattacharya (admission in M.Pharm, Pharmaceutics, Jadavpur University)

Sandipan Sarkar (admission in M.Pharm, PharmacologyBharati Vidyapeeth University, Pune)

Antara Sengupta (admission in M.Pharm, PharmacologyBharati Vidyapeeth University, Pune)

The following B.Pharm. final year students have qualified, GPAT-2014. We congratulate them all.

Utsha Sinha

Satarupa Bhattacharya

Sandipan Sarkar

Purbali Chakraborty

Reminiscence, 2014(GNIPST Reunion) was held in Collegecampus on 2nd February,2014.

1st Annual Sports of GNIPST was held on 3

rd February,2014 in

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An industrial tour and biodiversity tour was conducted in Sikkimfor B.Pharm and B.Sc. students under the supervision of Mr. AsisBala, Ms. Jeentara Begum and Ms. Moumita Chowdhury.

B.Pharm 3rd year won the GNIPST Football Champions trophy,2013. B.Pharm 3rd year won the final match 1-0 against B.Pharm 2nd year. Deep Chakraborty was the only scorer of the final.

STUDENTS SECTION WHO CAN ANSWER FIRS T ????

Which sports article company was founded in 1946 by Minoru Yoneyama ?

Jack Dorsey, Noah Glass ,EvanWilliams, Biz Stone were the creater ofwhich organization?

Answer of Previous Issues Questions A) In the field of technical or managerial merit in the development of photovoltaic

solar energy

B) Antoine Henri Becquerel, Pierre Curie, Marie Curie

Identify the person


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Answer of Previous Issues ImageAntoine Henri Becquerel

Send your thoughts/Quiz/Puzzles/games/write-ups or any othercontr ibutions for Students Sectionansw ers of this Section at [email protected]

EDITORS NOTE

It is a great pleasure for me to publish the 1 st issue of 36 th Volumeof GNIPST BULLETIN . All the followers of GNIPST BULLETINare able to avail the bulletin through facebook account GNIPSTbulletin I am very much thankful to all the GNIPST members andreaders who are giving their valuable comments, encouragementsand supports. I am also thankful to Dr. Abhijit Sengupta , Directorof GNIPST for his valuable advice and encouragement. Special

thanks to Dr. Prerona Saha, Mr. Debabrata Ghosh Dastidarand Mr. Soumya Bhattacharya for their kind co-operation andtechnical supports. Thank you Mr. Soumya Bhattacharya for thequestionnaires of the student section. An important part of theimprovement of the bulletin is the contribution of the readers. Youare invited to send in your write ups, notes, critiques or any kind ofcontribution for the forthcoming special and regular issue.

ARCHIVE

Students of GNIPST organized pre puja celebrationprogramme, Saaranya on 7th October, 2013 in collegeAuditorium.


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GNIPST organized a garment distribution programme on 28th September, 2013 at Dakshineswar Kali Temple and Adyapith,Kolkata. On this remarkable event about hundred people have

received garments. More than hundred students and most ofthe faculties participated on that day with lot of enthusiasm.

GNIPST celebrated World Heart Day (29 th September) andPharmacists Day (25 th September) on 25th and 26th September, 2013 in GNIPST Auditorium. A seminar onViolence against woman and female foeticide was held onGNIPST Auditorium on 25th September organized by JABALAAction Research Organization. On 26 th September an intra-college Oral and Poster presentation competition related toWorld Pharmacists day and Heart day was held in GNIPST.Ms. Purbali Chakraborty of B.Pharm 4th year won the firstprize in Oral Presentation. The winner of Poster presentationwas the group of Ms. Utsa Sinha, Mr. Koushik Saha and Mr.Niladri Banerjee (B.Pharm 4th year). A good number ofstudents have participated in both the competition with theirvaluable views.

Teachers day was celebrated on 5 th September, 2013 bythe students of GNIPST in GNIPST Auditorium.

Azalea exotic flower ) , the fresher welcome programme

for newcomers of GNIPST in the session 2013-14 was held on8th August in GNIPST Auditorium. One day seminar cum teachers development programme forschool teachers on the theme of Recent Trends of LifeSciences in Higher Education organized by GNIPST held on


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29th June, 2013 at GNIPST auditorium. The programme wasinaugurated by Prof . Asit Guha, Director of JIS Group, Mr.U.S. Mukherjee, Dy Director of JIS Group and Dr. AbhijitSengupta, Director cum Principal of GNIPST with lamplighting. The programme started with an opening songperformed by the B.Pharm students of this institute. Theseminar consists of a series of lectures, video presentations andposter session. On the pre lunch session 4 lectures were givenby Dr. Lopamudra Dutta, Mr. Debabrata Ghosh Dastidar, Ms.Swati Nandy and Ms. Tamalika Chakraborty respectively. Ontheir presentation the speakers enlighten the recentdevelopment of Pharmacy, Genetics and Microbiology andtheir correlation with Life Sciences. On the post lunch session,Ms. Saini Setua and Ms. Sanchari Bhattacharjee explained therecent development and career opportunities in Biotechnologyand Hospital Management. The programme was concludedwith valedictory session and certificate distribution.

About 50 Higher secondary school teachers from different

schools of Kolkata and North& South 24 Parganas district ofWest Bengal participated in this programme. A goodinteractive session between participants and speakers wasobserved in the seminar. The seminar was a great success withthe effort of faculties, staffs and students of our Institute. It wasa unique discussion platform for school teachers andprofessional of the emerging and newer branches of Life

Science.

The general body meeting of APTI, Bengal Branch has beenconducted at GNIPST on 15th June, 2012. The program startedwith a nice presentation by Dr. Pulok Kr. Mukherjee, School of


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Natural Products, JU on the skill to write a good manuscriptfor publication in impact journals. It was followed by nearlytwo hour long discussion among more than thirty participantson different aspects of pharmacy education. Five nonmemberparticipants applied for membership on that very day.

GNIPST is now approved by AICTE and affiliated to WBUTfor conducting the two years post graduate course (M.Pharm)in PHARMACOLOGY. The approved number of seat is 18.

The number of seats in B.Pharm. has been increased from60 to120.

AICTE has sanctioned a release of grant under ResearchPromotion Scheme (RPS) during the financial year 2012-13toGNIPST as per the details below:a. Beneficiary Institution: Guru Nanak Institution ofPharmaceutical Science & Technology.

b. Principal Investigator: Dr. LopamudraDutta.

c. Grant-in-aid sanctioned:Rs. 16,25000/- onlyd. Approved duration:3 yearse. Title of the project: Screening and identification of

potential medicinal plant of Purulia & Bankura districts ofWest Bengal with respect to diseases such as diabetes,rheumatism, Jaundice, hypertension and developingbiotechnological tools for enhancing bioactive molecules in

these plants.


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