This study was designed to compare the pharmacokinetic parameters of Levofloxacin in healthy volunteers and in human patients suffering from typhoid fever. The study was conducted in six healthy male volunteers and six male patients suffering from typhoid fever between the age of 25- 40 years. The patients were considered as group A and healthy volunteers were considered as group B. Both groups were treated with Levofloxacin 500mg tab orally. 5ml Blood samples were collected at 0, 0.25, 0.5, 1, 2, 3, 6, 12, 24, 36 & 72 hr from vein after oral administration. Plasma was separated by...

Soil salinity is one of the major abiotic stresses, which pose a severe threat to agriculture in arid and semiarid regions of world. Sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum L) is moderately sensitive to salinity with a threshold value of 1.7 dS m-1. However, wide differences were found in this crop for salinity tolerance. Potassium (K) and silicon (Si) significantly (P 0.05) improved growth, yield and juice quality of sugarcane under salt stress. The beneficial effects of K and Si were more pronounced in salt sensitive genotypes than in salt tolerant genotypes. Major mechanisms of K and Si mediated...

The objective of this book is to provide in a brief and practical manner, information on stripe rust which is an important disease in many wheat-growing regions of the world. Wheat production in Pakistan is seriously constrained due to rust diseases and stripe rust (yellow) caused by Puccinia striiformis f. sp. tritici, which could limit yields.The current information demonstrates evaluation and characterization of Pakistan wheat germplasms for stripe rust resistance and determining the diversity of the germplasms using molecular markers.The resistant germplasms identified with 22 RGAP...

The book documents the Inter-District disparity in terms of social development in Balochistan, which is the largest federation unit of Pakistan covering about 45% of the total countrys area and is the least developed province in the country. The work focuses on objective well-being by taking indicators from education, health, and quality of living sectors to rank order the districts and identify the significant factors of inter-district disparity. The books reports that Quetta, which is the capital city is the only highly developed district and Musa Khel continues to be the most backward...