PICORNAVIRIDAE FAMILY
Picornaviridae family represents a large family of virus that causes infections in humans, primates and other mammals. Enteroviruses, polio virus, foot-and-mouth disease virus (the first […]
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CALICIVIRIDAE FAMILY
Caliciviridae family is a family of non-enveloped viruses that possess a ss(+)RNA genome. Their site of replication is in the cytoplasm of their host cell. […]
BORNAVIRIDAE FAMILY
Bornaviridae family contains only one genus of virus known as Bornavirus. The genus Bornavirus contain only one member species of virus known as Borna disease […]
ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE FAMILY
Orthomyxoviridae family comprises unique classes of viruses known as Orthomyxoviruses. Orthomyxoviruses causes highly contagious respiratory disease known as influenza or viral flu in humans. Orthomyxoviridae […]
RULES OF GOOD MANUFACTURING PRACTICE (GMP)
GMP encompasses the rules governing the manufacture of a safe and efficacious pharmaceutical product, drug or food. And it is critical that the personnel working […]
CRITICAL ASPECTS OF GOOD MANUFACTURING PRACTICE (GMP)
Some of the main sources of contamination in the course of production in a food or pharmaceutical company, and the areas of GMP that centers […]
PRINCIPLES OF GOOD MANUFACTURING PRACTICE (GMP)
GMP guidelines are not prescriptive instructions on how to manufacture any product including food, drugs, and other pharmaceutical products. Rather, the GMPs are a series […]
GOOD MANUFACTURING PRACTICE (GMP)
Good manufacturing practice (GMP) is simply defined as those general rules that govern the manufacture and/or production of a safe, efficacious and microbial-free pharmaceutical or […]
QUALITY ASSURANCE
Quality assurance (QA) is a planned and systematic process used for evaluating and monitoring the quality and appropriateness or suitability of a product or given […]
QUALITY CONTROL
Quality control (QC) is defined as a monitoring system that is used for detecting and correcting analytical errors by establishing performance limits. QC is a […]
PYROGEN TEST
Pyrogen test is defined as a test that detects the presence of bacterial endotoxins (lipopolysaccharides) in a given product or sample including food, air, parenteral […]
PYROGENS: DEFINITION, TYPES AND EFFECTS IN THE BODY
A pyrogen is simply defined as a fever-causing (inducing) agent that includes toxins of microorganisms. The phrase “pyrogens” is derived from the Greek word “Pyros” […]