1. From editor’s desk

   • P. S. Murthy

   EditorialNotes Pages: i - i

2. Effect of felodipine on the serum lipid profile of patients with hypertension

   • Maninder Kaur
   • Kiranjeet Kaur
   • Roopan Sikand

   Lipid Lowering Drugs Pages: 63 - 67

3. Hypoglycemic and hypolipidemic effects of diacetodibutyl disulphide

   • P. K. Joseph
   • R. T. Kasinath

   Lipid Lowering Drugs Pages: 68 - 75

4. Direct diagnosis ofMycobacterium tuberculosis in blood samples of HIV infected patients by polymerase chain reaction

   • Senthilkumar Kamatchiammal
   • Dhashinamoorthy Saravanakumar
   • Venkataraman Sritharan

   Tuberculosis Pages: 76 - 82

5. Preliminary studies on the detection ofMycobacterium avium-intracellulare complex using DNA probe from a clinical isolate

   • Sharma P.
   • Bose M.
   • Raj H. G.

   Tuberculosis Pages: 83 - 87

6. Identification of drug-resistantMycobacterium tuberculosis by single strand conformation polymorphism and cleavase fragment length polymorphism

   • Manju Sharma
   • Manuel Altamirano

   Tuberculosis Pages: 88 - 93

7. Isolation, PCR based identification, and sensitivity pattern of environmental mycobacteria from leprosy and tuberculosis patients

   • D. Saravanakumar
   • N. Elangeswaran
   • V. Sritharan

   Environmental Bacteria Pages: 94 - 103

8. Prevalence of multiple antibiotic resistance and R-plasmid inEscherichia coli isolates of hospital sewage of Aligarh city in India

   • Malik Ajamaluddin
   • Mohd A. Khan
   • Asad U Khan

   Environmental Bacteria Pages: 104 - 109

9. Serum levels of bone alkaline phosphatase in breast and prostate cancers with bone metastasis

   • Girija Ramaswamy
   • Vasanti R. Rao
   • Renukadevi D.

   Cancer Pages: 110 - 113

10. The changing scenario in diagnosing prostate cancer

    • Anitha D.
    • Venkatesh T.

    Cancer Pages: 114 - 118

11. Separation and identification of thyroid autoantibodies in patients with thyroid disorders by hydrophobic column

    • Pranab S. Basu
    • Ramdhan Majhi
    • Sandip K Batabyal

    Methods Pages: 119 - 123

12. A test strip for the estimation of urea in serum

    • Hemant Kumar
    • Ashok Kumar
    • Tulsani N. B.

    Methods Pages: 124 - 127

13. Glucometers-need for external quality control

    • D. Suhasini

    Quality Control Pages: 128 - 133

14. Effect of calcium channel blockers on stress-induced visceral, endocrinological and immune responses

    • P. K. Mediratta
    • K. K. Sharma
    • S. G. Chowdhury

    Quality Control Pages: 134 - 140

15. Antagonistic effect of FePP on the ethanol mediated induction of hepatic, renal and splenic δ-amino levulinic acid synthase activityin vivo in rats

    • Ramesh Chandra
    • Ritu Aneja
    • Ritu Jain

    Porphyrins Pages: 141 - 147

16. Inhibitory effect of metalloporphyrins in conjunction with cholesterol on hepatic phospholipase A₂ activityin vivo in rats

    • Ramesh Chandra
    • Manisha Tiwari
    • Archana Sharma

    Porphyrins Pages: 148 - 154

17. An opium alkaloid-papaverine ameliorates ethanol-induced hepatotoxicity: Diminution of oxidative stress

    • Ramesh Chandra
    • Ritu Aneja
    • Shefali Agarwal

    Toxicology Pages: 155 - 160

18. Effect of dietary fish on the lipid profile of cholesterolstressed rats during copper overload

    • M. Nandini
    • M. Abdul Rahiman
    • S. Narasimha Rao

    Toxicology Pages: 161 - 166

19. Preliminary study on the effect of a herbal formulation “Deepaniyavati” in hyperlipidemia

    • Priyanka Surana
    • Aarti Sankhla
    • P. K. Dashora

    Herbal Product Pages: 167 - 170

20. Diagnosis of alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency by serum protein electrophoresis

    • Justin V. G.
    • T. Venkatesh

    Case Report Pages: 171 - 173

21. 9th Asian Pacific Congress of Clinical Biochemistry New Delhi, November 11–16, 2001

    • K. P. Sinha

    Announcement Pages: 174 - 174