Subject(s): Dissertations, Academic -- Kulliyyah of Pharmacy -- IIUM Summary: The use of medicinal plants to combat various diseases has grown intensively due to the side effects from commercial synthetic drugs. Clinacanthus nutans (Burm.f.) Lindau is a traditional medicinal plant native to Malaysia, yet to be explored for its antidiabetic effe

Subject(s): Dissertations, Academic -- Kulliyyah of Pharmacy -- IIUM Summary: Momordica charantia Linn (Cucurbitaceae) has been widely commercialized based on traditional usage as an antidiabetic product. However, the scientific evidence of its antidiabetic activity is not sufficient. Hence, the major aims of this research were to evaluate the

Subject(s): Dissertations, Academic -- Kulliyyah of Pharmacy -- IIUM Summary: Hyperlipidemia is a major contributor to the evolution of cardiovascular disease (CVD) among patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). This study aimed to describe the lipid-lowering therapy (LLT) prescribing pattern among patients with T2DM, evaluate the appropr

Subject(s): Dissertations, Academic -- Kulliyyah of Science -- IIUM Summary: Horseshoe crab (HSC) has been exploited by several industries such as agriculture (fertilizer) and as livestock feed, yet, the bigger threats come from fisheries, biomedical industries and habitat destruction. Hence, this present study aimed at investigating various bi

Subject(s): Dissertations, Academic -- Kulliyyah of Allied Health Sciences -- IIUM Summary: Scattered gamma photons are the result of Compton scattering interaction of radiation within the matter. They have low energy as compared to unscattered photons and their contribution is adverse in terms of degradation of spatial resolution and image qua

Subject(s): CPR (First aid) -- Study and teaching -- Malaysia | Automated external defibrillation | Education, Secondary -- Activity programs -- Malaysia | Dissertations, Academic -- Kulliyyah of Nursing -- IIUM Summary: Bystander resuscitation efforts, such as cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and use of automatic external defibrillator (AED

Subject(s): Dissertations, Academic -- Kulliyyah of Science -- IIUM Summary: Most drugs used in treating disease are hydrophobic. This property gives drawbacks since human body generally easily absorbs hydrophilic compounds. An amphiphilic drug delivery system which consists of hydrophobic core and hydrophilic outer shell may overcome this prob

Subject(s): Dissertations, Academic -- Kulliyyah of Science -- IIUM Summary: Garcinia mangostana L. (mangosteen) is one of the most popular tropical fruit of Southeast Asia. It has economic potential for both local and export markets. Today, there are two types of mangosteen cultivated in Malaysia, one with normal globose fruits (common mangost

Subject(s): Ising model | Cayley graphs | Phase diagrams | Statistical mechanics | Dissertations, Academic -- Kulliyyah of Science -- IIUM Summary: We study the phase diagram of the Ising model on Cayley tree with competing the first-, second-, and third nearest-neighbor interactions. Ising model was described as an easily defined class of stat

Subject(s): Dissertations, Academic -- Department of Pharmaceutical Technology -- IIUM Summary: Obesity is the accumulation of excess body fat to the extent it may have an adverse effect on health. It is undeniably a complex disease with risk factors combination of genetics, lifestyle, nutrition, increasing age, and lack of physical activity. A