Aims to publish original articles on various topics related to pharmaceutical and allied areas related to the pharmaceutical industry, health and medicines.

Journal of Applied Pharmaceutical Science publishes manuscripts (Original research and review articles Mini-reviews, Short communication) on original work, either experimental or theoretical in the following areas;

Plagiarism should be below 20%.

After submission, it will take 30-45 days for Review process and after acceptance it will take 3-4 months for Publication.

Manuscripts must be double spaced, including tables, with a minimum of 2.5 cm margin on all sides. Footnotes are not allowed. [Times New Roman font, size 12]

All manuscripts must include

• Title, centered and lowercase.
• Author(s), italics, left, including full postal address, email and fax.
• Summary and Summary. At the beginning of the manuscript and with centered title. Authors must include a structured abstract. This is a brief description (less than 250 words) of the objectives, methods, methodology, results and conclusions of each article.
• Keywords (below the Summary) and Key words (below Summary). Three to six words in lowercase, except the first, and separated by commas and spaces. Preferably taken from Index Medicus (http://www.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/meshhome.htm).
• The articles will be divided into the following sections: introduction, methodology, results and discussion, acknowledgments, conflict of interest and references. Titles should be separated by two spaces at the top and bottom, centered, and in bold. The details about the experimental methodology used should be clear enough to repeat the experimentation.

Tables must be numbered in Arabic according to the order in which they appear in the text. The title should go at the top and the notes at the bottom. The symbols of the units used must be noted in the headings of the columns. The photographs, graphs, drawings and diagrams are called "figures" and must be numbered in Arabic according to the order in which they appear in the text. The title should go below the figures.

Articles related to experimentation with animals must fully comply with the ethical guidelines outlined by the World Health Organization. The extracts or fractions evaluated in vitro or in vivo must be defined chemically, at least in terms of the class of constituent. Plant material must be botanically classified

Weights and measures abbreviations will be those indicated by the United States Pharmacopeia in its official edition or SI units.

Spectroscopic data should be presented as follows:

UV l max (solvent e) nm (log e). Ex: UV l max (MeOH) 275 (log e 2.94).

IR n max (mean) cm-1. Ex.: IR n max

(KBr) 1740, 1720 cm-1.

MS m/z (% relative intensity). Ex: em m/z

(%): 340 (M+, 100), 295 (10), 134 (26) ...

1H NMR (solvent, recording frequency) d ppm (integration, multiplicity, J in Hz, assignment). Ex.: 1H NMR (CDCl3, 400 MHz) 3.84 (1H, d, J = 10.3 Hz, H-30).

13C NMR (solvent, recording frequency) d ppm (multiplicity, assignment). Ex.: 13C NMR (CDCl, 600 MHz) 16.60 (t, C-12).

The abbreviations used to describe the multiplicity of signals in NMR are: s = singlet, d = doublet, t = triplet, m = multiplet, dd = doublet of doublets, ddd = double of doublet of doublets.

The abbreviations for the most commonly used solvents and reagents are: EtOH

= ethanol, MeOH = methanol, CHCl3 = chloroform, C6H6 = benzene, AcOEt = ethyl acetate, EP = petroleum ether,

Me2CO = acetone, DMSO = dimethylsulfoxide, AcOH = acetic acid.

The excessive use of tables and figures that will be numbered and that will be attached on separate sheets with their respective description will be avoided.

References will be cited in the text with their respective numbering. Only theses and books or articles that have been published can be cited. They must include: author(s), publication title, year, volume and pages, as follows:

Journals : initials of the full name and surname of all authors, full title of the article, abbreviated name or full name of the journal depending on whether it appears in the Chemical Abstract or in equivalent indexes. The reference is cited in italics, volume in bold, initial page and year in parentheses. Ex.:

1. HP Baden, LA Goldsmith, B.
Fleming, A comparative study of keratinized tissues, Bioch. Biophys. Minutes, 322, 269 (1973).
Personal communications: initials of the name, full surname and institution, followed by the words personal communication and the year. Ex.:

2. AJM Leeuwenberg, Agricultural University, Wageningen, The Netherlands, personal communication, 1984.
Books: initials of the full name and surname of the authors, title of the book in quotation marks, publisher, city, year, volume and page. Ex.:

3. DR Morris, "The Biochemistry of Disease", Morris and Marton Eds., London, 1981, Vol. 8, p. 223.
Chapters of books written by several authors: initials of the full name and surname of the author, title of the chapter, followed by the word In:, title of the book in quotation marks, publishers, publisher, city, year, volume, pages. Ex.:

4. AD Elbein, RJ Molyneux, The chemistry and biochemistry of simple indolizidine and related polyhydroxy alkaloids. In: ¿Alkaloids: Chemical and Biological Perspectives¿, Ed. by SW Pelletier, Wiley, New York, 1987, Vol. 5, pp. 1-54.
Thesis: Authors, title followed by the name of the thesis, institution, year, pages. Ex.:

5. F. Salcedo, ¿Contribution to the study of the Colombian Cinchonas¿, degree thesis, Universidad del Valle, 1983, pp. 14-16.
Internet References : Author's full first and last name initial, document title, URL address, and revision date. Ex.:

6. Lipid. Lipid thermotropic phase transition database. OhioState University. URL:
http://www.lipidat.chemistry.ohio-state.edu, accessed September 2001.