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Danggui to Angelica sinensis root: Lost in translation? Are potential benefits of a TCM lost to European women? A review
(2014)AbstractEthnopharmacological relevance Danggui (Chinese Angelica root; Dong quai; Angelica sinensis (Oliv.) Diels.) is a traditional Chinese herbal remedy with a long history of use in China, Korea and Japan. Even today ... -
Deciphering the interplay of extracellular vesicles and drug resistance in HER2-positive breast cancer: insights, biomarkers and therapeutic implications
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Pharmacy & Pharma. Sciences. Discipline of Pharmacy, 2023)According to a World Health Organisation (WHO) report on 3rd March 2021, breast cancer is the most common form of cancer in the world and the leading cause of cancer death among females. In 2020, 2.26 million newly breast ... -
Defensive Pharmacy Practice: A Gap in our Understanding
(2021)Defensive practice is prevalent across healthcare disciplines and much study has been performed on this behaviour in medicine and nursing. However, little research has been carried out on defensive practice in pharmacy, ... -
Density Scaling in Ionic Glass-Former Controlled by Grotthuss Conduction
(2019)We present investigations of the charge transport in an ionic glass-former carvedilol dihydrogen phosphate (CP) at various T–P–V thermodynamic conditions in terms of density scaling concept. The studied material was found ... -
Deprescribing Falls Risk Increasing Drugs in Older Adults
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Pharmacy & Pharma. Sciences. Discipline of Pharmacy, 2023)Aim: The purpose of this thesis was to examine the facilitators of, and barriers to, implementing deprescribing of falls risk increasing medicines (FRIDs) in healthcare professionals' practices, by exploring the perspectives ... -
Design and biological activity of a novel bioactive indane scaffold
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2015)This project is focussed on the design, synthesis and pharmacological evaluation of novel drug-hybrids which combine anti-inflammatory and anti-tumour activities to target the interface between inflammatory disease and ... -
Design and development of a hydrogel formulation with nanoparticles for the treatment of glioblastoma multiforme
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Pharmacy & Pharma. Sciences. Discipline of Pharmacy, 2021)Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is the most aggressive form of brain tumours. GBM treatment is challenging because tumours are highly invasive and it is difficult to achieve effective therapeutic doses of drugs into the ... -
Design and synthesis of tubulin-binding agents, and their incorporation into novel dual-acting hybrid molecules targeting the tumour vasculature
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2013)This thesis involves the design and synthesis of tubulin binding agents, which aside from their anti-proliferative impact, seek to induce anti-vascular and anti-angiogenic responses on the unique vasculature derived by a ... -
Design template for a medication safety programme in an acute teaching hospital
(2012)Background: Very limited data have been published about the design of medication safety programmes in hospitals. Objective: To describe a template for the structure and operation of a medication safety programme in an ... -
Design, Synthesis and biochemical evaluation of novel anthracenes, ethanoanthracenes and related compounds to target Burkitt's Lymphoma
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2015)Burkitt's lymphoma is an aggressive non-Hodgkin lymphoma occurring with high incidence in developing areas such as equatorial Africa and Papua New Guinea. Within these tropical regions of high incidence (40-50 per 10 6), ... -
Design, synthesis and evaluation of indazoles as antiproliferative agents
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2015)Cancer is a leading cause of death in most countries, second only to the diseases of the circulatory system. In relation to Ireland, cancer accounted for 29.6 % of all the deaths reported in 2012. After non-melanoma skin ... -
Design, synthesis and evaluation of novel tumour vasculature-targeting agents
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2007)This thesis is introduced with a review of the 'Hallmarks of Cancer', outlining each one as a potential target for drug therapy. Vascular targeting as a means of cancer growth retardation is specifically discussed. The ... -
Development and characterisation of a humanised model of Parkinson's disease associated with delivery of adeno-associated virus expressing alpha-synuclein and pre-formed alpha-synuclein fibrils unilaterally into the rat substantia nigra
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Pharmacy & Pharma. Sciences. Discipline of Pharmacy, 2022)Parkinson s disease (PD) is the most common motor neurodegenerative disease, characterised histologically by the presence of Lewy bodies, which are intracellular inclusions containing a variety of cellular proteins, the ... -
Development and characterisation of soluble polymeric particles for pulmonary peptide delivery
(2010)Pulmonary administration of protein and peptide drugs using inhaled dry powder particles is an interesting alternative to parenteral delivery. The stabilisation of these molecules is essential to the maintenance of biological ... -
Development and characterization of dapsone cocrystal prepared by scalable production methods
(American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists ; Springer Verlag, 2018)In this study, the formation of caffeine:dapsone (CAF:DAP) cocrystals by scalable production methods, such as liquid assisted grinding (LAG) and spray drying, was investigated in the context of the potential use of processed ...
