Journal of Chronotherapy and Drug Delivery, Vol. 1

JChrDD Vol 2 Issue 1 Jan-Apr 2011Journal of Chronotherapy and Drug DeliveryEditorialDear Readers,We are happy to launch the first issue of Volume 2 of the Journal of Chronotherapy and Drug Delivery.In this issue, we have five review articles and three research papers. The first review is the second article in theSpecial Focus Series on Chronotherapy of Arthritis. There is another review on Chronopharmaceutics. It is arather new field of development of formulations and drug delivery systems, that provide the drug at the site ofaction according to the chronobiology of the disease. In other terms, it is development of ‘Tailor-made’medicine as per the requirements of the disease. In this issue, we have another Special Focus section on‘Colloidal Drug Delivery’. In this section, there are two review articles about liposomes and niosomes,respectively. There are three research papers.This time, we have designed a new cover page for the journal, which describes the scope of the journal,graphically. Readers are requested to kindly provide their comments / suggestions about the cover page, as wellas the quality of papers.For the use of new readers, I would like to elaborate the scope of the journal again. The Journal ofChronotherapy and Drug Delivery is being launched to give scope for the publication of papers related tochronobiology, chronopharmacology, chronotherapeutics, chronopharmaceutics and drug delivery systems.These are developing fields of modern medicine in western countries, whereas, Indian system of medicine,Ayurveda, has taken into account the importance of timing in administration of medication. Papers are alsoinvited which throw light on chronotherapy in Indian, Chinese, and other such traditional herbal medicinesystems.I request all the pharmaceutical scientists to support the cause of the journal by contributing research as well asreview papers in these areas.With sincere regardsGT KulkarniEditor-in-Chiefhttp://www.chronotherapyjournal.nethttp://www.chronotherapyjournal.com

Editorial / Advisory BoardEditor-in-ChiefDr GT Kulkarni, Professor and Principal, Laureate Institute of Pharmacy, Kathog, KangraAssociate EditorsDr OP Gouda, Maratha Mandal’s College of Pharmacy, BelgaumMr Rajendra Awasthi, Laureate Institute of Pharmacy, Kathog, KangraEDITORIAL BOARD - NATIONALDr K Gowthamarajan, JSS College of Pharmacy, OotacamundDr Ujwala Shinde, Bombay College of Pharmacy, MumbaiDr Subramanian Arunachalam, NISER, BhubaneswarDr HKS Swamy, SJM College of Pharmacy, ChitradurgaDr Rajasekar Jaladi, HyderabadDr Vijay D Wagh, YB Chavan College of Pharmacy, AurangabadDr Babita Kumar, Dept of Pharmaceutical Sciences, SGIT, GhaziabadDr Bigala Rajkamal, Ganga Pharmacy College, NizamabadDr Jainendra Jain, Depatrment of Pharmacy, RamEesh Institute of Vocational and TechnicalEducation, Greater NoidaDr NV Satheesh Madhav, Dehradun Institute of Technology, DehradunDr Rupal Joshi, Zydus Research Center, AhmedabadDr Nagendra Rao, Professor, SCS College of Pharmacy, HarapanahalliDr H Shivakumar, Professor, BLDE College of Pharmacy, BijapurDr S Ramachandra Setty, SCS College of Pharmacy, HarapanahalliDr TY Pasha, NR Vekaria Institute of Pharmacy, JunagadhDr VG Joshi, Maratha Mandal’s College of Pharmacy, BelgaumDr Y Anand Kumar, VL College of Pharmacy, RaichurDr MS Vijay Kanth, Strides Specialities Pvt Ltd, BangaloreDr A Ramakrishna Shabaraya, Srinivasa College of Pharmacy, MangaloreDr Srinivas Mutalik, Manipal College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, ManipalDr V Rajani Kumar, Axis Clinicals Ltd, HyderabadMr J Thimmasetty, Bapuji Pharmacy College, DavangereDr Umesh Kumar Sharma, Sir Madanlal Group of Institutions, EtawahMr Nitin Sharma, MIET, MeerutDr RV Kulkarni, BLDEA's College of Pharmacy, BijapurDr K Krupanidhi, T John's College of Pharmacy, BangaloreDr K Venkatesh, AMRI Hospitals, Dhakuria, KolkataDr D Nagasamy Venkatesh, JSS College of Pharmacy, OotacamundEDITORIAL BOARD - INTERNATIONALDr Krishna Kumar Veeravalli, University of Illinois College of Medicine, Peoria, USADr Nalamolu Koteswara Rao, School of Medicine, Taylor’s University College, MalaysiaDr Sushruta Koppula, College of Biomedical and Health Science, Chungbuk, KoreaDr Gorajana Adinarayana, International Medical University, Kualalumupr, MalaysiaDr Kamal Dua, School of Pharmacy and Allied Health Sciences, Kualalumpur, MalaysiaDr MC Sabu, Department of Food Science and Technology, University Putra Malaysia, Selangor,Malaysia

Dr Rama Sekhara Reddy, Institute of Biological Chemistry, Washington State University, Washington,USADr Sunil A Agnihotri, Frontage Laboratories Inc, Exton, PA, USADr Wenshou Wang, Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Minnesota, USADr Mohammed Altaf Ahmed, Faculty of Pharmacy, IBNSINA Medical University, Jeddah, KSAADVISORY BOARDDr Sunil Jambhekar, LECOM-Brandenton School of Pharmacy, Bradenton, Florida, USAProf (Dr) RB Walker, Faculty of Pharmacy, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South AfricaProf VB Desai, Former Drugs Controller of Karnataka, BangaloreProf KPR Chaudhary, University College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Andhra University,VisakhapatnamProf S Satyanarayana, Avanthi Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, VizianagaramDr Milind Parle, Dept. of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guru Jambheshwar University, HisarDr VN Sharma, Dept of Biotechnology, MIET, MeerutDr G Vidya Sagar, Veerayatan Institute of Pharmacy, KutchDr PK Manna, Professor, Annamalai Univeristy, ChidambaramProf Vijay Bhalla, Spectrum Institute of Pharmaceutical Science and Research, Greater NoidaDr Shivanand Puthli, Panacea Biotech, Navi Mumbai

Journal of Chronotherapy and Drug DeliveryVol 2 No 2 May-Aug 2011ContentS NoTitle / AuthorsREVIEW ARTICLES1 Chronopharmaceutics: Concept and TechnologiesSundeep Chaurasia, Arvind K, Rahul K, UVS Sara, Giriraj T Kulkarni2 Pyridine: Potential for Biological ActivitiesSachin Kumar, Pramod Kumar Sharma, Rupesh Dudhe, Nitin Kumar3 Recent Advances in Nano Drug Delivery and NanomedicineHitesh K Maradiya, Vasundhara H Pansara, Vidyasagar GPageNo57-6971-7879-87ORIGINAL RESEARCH PAPERS1 Factorial Studies on the Effects of Hydroxypropyl -Cyclodextrin andPoloxamer 407 on the Solubility and Dissolution Rate of BCS Class IIDrugsSurya Prakasa Rao K, Chowdary KPR2 Formulation and in vitro Characterization of ChronopharmaceuticalDrug Delivery System of Metoprolol Tartrate using HydroxypropylCelluloseShyam Sunder Agrawal, Subhash Chand Dadarwal, Sarika Madan89-9395-101