ACTA   PHARMACEUTICA  


Acta Pharm.                 Vol. 48                 No. 2                 pp. 77-144         Zagreb, June 1998


CONTENTS

ORIGINAL SCIENTIFIC PAPERS 

R. Rastogi, A. K. Srivastava, and B. N. Dhawan
Prevention of phenobarbitone-induced biochemical changes 
in liver and serum of rats by Picroliv ....................... 77

Z. Males and M. Medic Saric
Optimisation of thin-layer chromatographic analysis of 
flavonoids and phenolic acids of Salviae folium .............. 85

K. Goracinova, Lj. Klisarova, A. Simov, E. Fredro-Kumbaradzi,
K. Mladenovska, and M. Glavas
Physico-chemical stability of controlled-release solid 
dispersion  granules containing verapamil.HCl as active 
substance .................................................... 93

M. M. Ghorab, O. M. Nassar, H. I. Heiba, and N. E. Amin
Synthesis of some new phthalazinone derivatives: 
Biochemical studies and radioprotective activity ............ 101

E. C. Ibezim, C. O. Esimone, and  M. U. Adikwu
The release properties of microcapsules prepared 
with polymerized latex of Landolphia dulcis ................. 111

S. Kulevanova, M. Ristic, and T. Stafilov
The essential oils of Thymus balcanus, T. ciliatopubescens 
and T. pseudo-atticus from Macedonia ........................ 119


SHORT COMMUNICATIONS

I. Pencheva, I. Kostova, S. Konstantinov, E. Naidenova, 
M. Karaivanova, and I. Manolov
Cardioprotective efficacy of new esculin metal complexes .... 127

B. Benic, H. Soljacic, and N. Benic
Efficacy of three different antibiotics in treatment 
of streptococcal tonsillopharyngitis in children ............ 133

S. Pepeljnjak and Z. Cvetnic
Aflatoxigenicity of Rhizopus nigricans strains isolated 
from drug plants ............................................ 139

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