Chronicles of Thailand
Melissa Giachetti
The Faculty of Pharmacy at Rangsit University treated us to another manufacturing facility visit, this time to a cosmetic manufacturer, Giffarine. We had the pleasure of visiting their factory, seeing and learning...
Val Povaliaev
Upon arrival, the basket with our mixtures and solutions were prepared for us. We were working with microemulsions, a combination of thermodynamically...
Val Povaliaev
It was a bittersweet day today, we had to say goodbye to our Thai friends and colleagues as they concluded their rotation with final presentations. They summarized and reviewed the work...
Tia Gonzales
Today we had the pleasure of being taken on a field trip to the Thai Herbal Products CO.,LTD in Ayutthaya. We were accompanied by fellow Rangsit and Chiang Mai University Pharmacy students...
Melissa Giachetti
Today were compounded both a capsaicin gel and ointment. Capsaicin is used as a topical analgesic. From yesterday's spectrophotometry, we calculated the % w/w in all three...
Val Povaliaev
For today's experiment, we worked on three separate samples of capsaicin, the active ingredient in peppers that is commonly used as a topical ointment on skin helping to relieve minor pain and irritation. The purpose of our experiment...
Tia Gonzales
Today we analyzed our Andrographolide using TLC (Thin Layer Chromatography). TLC is a method used to separate non-volatile mixers, identify compounds and determine the purity.
Val Povaliaev
We made more capsules and more tablets using the automated feature on the tablet-ting machine pictured earlier and in the image below. We suited up and each made 100 capsules then moved onto tablets. The other students...
Melissa Giachetti
We have mastered compounding herbal medication into capsules! We spent our day at the Sun Herb Thai Chinese Manufacturing lab...
Val Povaliaev
The majority of drugs come in a tablet form. They come in various shapes and sizes with varying hardness. Today we gained hands-on experience...
Tia Gonzales
I know we've learned about Dissolution Test Apparatus's and how they are used but we've never seen one in person until today. We got to run our Andrographolide capsules...
Melissa Giachetti
We have perfected the quality analysis technique of titration! But, did we really?
Today's experiment, as Val mentioned in yesterday's post, it was a repeat of what we did yesterday with the powder form of Andrographis paniculata but instead, we used the liquid extract. Today's titration...
Val Povaliaev
Following the two-day pharmaceutical conference, we continued our experiment with andrographolide. Today we worked up the powder form of the active pharmaceutical ingredient...
Melissa Giachetti
Today we attended the 4th International Conference on Advanced Pharmaceutical Research (ICAPH). It was a pleasure to be...
Val Povaliaev
A native plant to the Southern Asian territories including Thailand, the Andrographis paniculata possesses anti-pyretic, anti-inflammatory and immunomodulatory properties...
Tiajana Gonzales
Today we completed part 2 of our spectrophotometer calibration assignment and measured each solution's transmittance and absorbance...
Melissa Giachetti
Today brought us back to calculations. Our assignment for today (and to finish tomorrow) is spectrophotometer calibration. For today's work...
Val Povaliaev
We spent the majority of our time today in the Herbal Pharmaceutics Lab starting with an overview and a refresher in Quality Assurance (QA) and the Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP). In the afternoon...
Tiajana Gonzales
Today was our first day of rotations at Rangsit University! We had the great pleasure of meeting the dean, Dr. Thanapat Songsak , our preceptor Dr. Laksana, fellow pharmacy students...
Melissa Giachetti
After traveling 6,595 miles and over 17 hours from Honolulu, Hawaii, we finally arrived in Bangkok, Thailand. We arrived...