Modern Pharmaceutics, Fifth Edition - Purdue Edition
Author | : Juergen Siepmann |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 656 |
Release | : 2009-05-22 |
ISBN-10 | : 1841847739 |
ISBN-13 | : 9781841847733 |
Rating | : 4/5 (39 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: With over 100 illustrations, Volume 1 addresses the core disciplines of pharmaceutics (absorption, PK, excipients, tablet dosage forms, and packaging), and explores the challenges and paradigms of pharmaceutics. Key topics in Volume 1 include: • principles of drug absorption, chemical kinetics, and drug stability • pharmacokinetics • the effect of route of administration and distribution on drug action • in vivo imaging of dose forms: gamma scintigraphy, PET imaging NMR, MRI, etc. • powder technology • excipient design and characterization • preformulation • optimization techniques in pharmaceutical formulation and processing • disperse and surfactant systems • the solid state, tablet dosage forms, coating processes, and hard and soft shell capsules • parenteral products