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Pharmaceutics,

Edition 2 Basic Principles and Application to Pharmacy Practice

Editors: Edited by Alekha Dash and Somnath Singh

Publication Date: 29 Sep 2023

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Pharmaceutics: Basic Principles and Application to Pharmacy Practice, Second Edition is a valuable textbook covering the role and application of pharmaceutics within pharmacy practice. This updated resource is geared toward meeting and incorporating the current curricular guidelines on pharmaceutics and laboratory skills mandated by the American Council for Pharmacy Education. It includes a number of student-friendly features, including chapter objectives and summaries, practical examples, case studies, numerous images and key-concept text boxes. Two new chapters are included, as well as a new end of chapter section covering "critical reflections and practice applications".

Divided into three sections – Physical Principles and Properties of Pharmaceutics; Practical Aspects of Pharmaceutics; and Biological Applications of Pharmaceutics – this new edition covers all aspects of pharmaceutics and providing a single and compelling source for students.

Key Features

Facilitates an integrated and extensive coverage of the study of pharmaceutics due to the clear and engaging language used by the authors
Includes chapter objectives and summaries to illustrate and reinforce key ideas
Meets curricular guidelines for pharmaceutics and laboratory skills mandated by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE)
Includes new practice questions, answers, and case studies for experiential learning

About the author

Edited by Alekha Dash, R.Ph, PhD, Professor and Chair, Department of Pharmacy Sciences, School of Pharmacy and Health Professions, Creighton University, Omaha, NE, USA and Somnath Singh, PhD, Professor and Director, Department of Pharmacy Sciences, School of Pharmacy and Health Professions, Creighton University, Omaha, NE, USA

Part 1: Physical Principles and Properties of Pharmaceutics
1. Introduction: Terminology, basic mathematical skills and calculations
2. Physical states, thermodynamic principles in pharmaceutics
3. Physical properties, their determination and importance in pharmaceutics
4. Equilibrium processes in Pharmaceutics
5. Kinetic processes and Pharmaceutics
6. Complexation and Protein Binding

Part 2: Practical Aspects of Pharmaceutics
7. Other processes
8. Drug, Dosage forms and Drug delivery systems
9. Solid Dosage forms
10. Liquid Dosage form
11. Gaseous dosage forms
12. Semi-solid dosage forms
13. Special dosage forms
14. Emerging therapeutics and their delivery challenges

Part 3: Biological Applications of Pharmaceutics
15. Routes of drug administration
16. Membrane transport and Diffusion
17. Factors affecting drug absorption and disposition in a system
18. Bioavailability and Bioequivalence

ISBN: 9780323997966

Page Count: 586

Illustrations : 200 illustrations (25 in full color)

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