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1. Physic-chemical properties of biological activity: Influence of partition
coefficient, covalent bonding, hydrogen bonding, surface activity, redox potentials,
chelation, enantiomerism and geometriacal isomerism on biological activity; 2. Factors
affection absorption, transport, distribution and elimination of drugs, protein drugs; 4.
Introduction to principles of chemotherapy, chemotherapeutic index, drug resistance,
A study of the classification, mode of action, uses and synthesis of more
important members in each of the following categories.
5. antiinfective agents: (a) ectoparasiticides: Lindane, pyrethrins, sulfurated
compounds, benzyl benzoate; (b) Antiseptics and disinfectants: Alcohols and derivatives.
Phenols and derivatives, oxidizing agents, cationic surfactants, dyes, mercury
compounds, nitrofuran derivatives, halogenophores, mercurial compounds, phenolic
compounds; 6. Sulphonamides: Historical background, chemistry, nomenclature,
classification, mechanism of action, structure activity relations and synthesis of important
members, long acting sulpha drugs; 7. Antimycobacterial agens: Antitubercular agents
8. Anthelmintics: Benzimidazoles, thazoles, phenols, piperazine and derivatives,
quaternary ammonium compounds, vinyl pyrimidines; 9. Antimalarials: History of
treatment, quinoline derivatives, pyrimidines, acridines, sulpha drugs, biguanides, mode
of action and synthesis of representative members from each group, structure activity
relatins; 10. Antiamoebic agents: Antibiotics, quinoline derivatives, haloactamides,
ipecac alkaloids, 5-nitro imidazoles, organic arsenicals and miscellaneous agents.
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11. Antifungal agents: Acids and derivatives, acridines, antibioties, imidazoles,
nitrofurnas, pyrimidines, thiocarbamates, miscellaneous; 12. Antiviral agents:
Adamantane amines and related compounds, purines, pyrimidines;
13. Cytostatic agents: Occurrence, terminology and treatment of neoplastic diseases,
antimetabolites, alkylating agents, antibiotics, hormones, plant products:
14. Adrenergic drugs: Biosynthesis and metabolism of catecholamines, direct and
Humidity control: Definition, methods of monitoring and drying gases- air conditioning,
cooling towers- wet and dry bulb hygrometry, sample problems; Extraction: Principles of
solid-liquid and liquid-liquid extraction, equipment, diffusion batteries-extraction of
indirect sympathomimetics, mode of action and structure activity relations, adrenergic
15. Cholinergic agents and anticholinesterases: Structural features of
acetylcholine, cholonergic agonists, antichlonesterases, irreversible inhibitors;
16. Diuretics: Osmotic agents, mercurials, phenoxyacetic acids, anthranilic acids, purines
and related heterocycles, carbonic anthdrase inhibitors; 17. Antihyper-
tensives: Ganglionic blocking agents, quaternary and nonquaternary amines, MAO
Course No. 412 - Pharmaceutical Chemistry – V (Medicinal II) Practical
1. Preparation of synthetic drugs involving two or three steps such as benzocaine,
barbituric acid, methaqualone, cinchophen, phenolphthalein.
2. Analysis of formulations containing drugs studied in theory such as
Chloroquine phosphate, metronidazole, diethyl carbanazine, pentobarbitone, dapsone,
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1. Wilson and Gisvold, Text Book of organic, Medicinal and Pharmaceutical
Chemistry; 2. Bently and Drivers’s Text Book of Pharmaceutical Chemistry;
3. Remington’s Practice of Pharmaceutical Sciences.
Reference Books:
1. Organic chemistry, Vol. I By I.L.Finar; 2. Essentials of Medicinal Chemistry
by Karlkovas; 3. Medicinal Chemistry, Vol. I, II and III. By A. Burger: 4. Indian
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General Pharmacognosy: Advantages and disadvantages of obtaining drugs from
cultivated and wild plants. Variability of drug constituents due to exogenous
and endogenous factors like altitude, temperature, rainfall, light, propagation by seeds,
vegetative means, mutation, hybridisation; Deterioration of crude drugs during storage by
insects, pests and enzymes. Factors influencing the storage of crude drugs; Methods of
Evaluation of crude drugs: Identity, purity and quality of crude drugs by
organoleptic, microscopic, physical, chemical and biological evaluation; Methods of
adulteration, detection and identification of adulterants, types and significance of
standards for crude drugs included in I.P. and B.P. Quantitative pharmacognosy.
A detailed study of the following drugs, their classification, methods of
preparation, commercial varieties, active, principles, their chemical nature, identification
tests and uses; Roots and rhizomes: Male ferm, valerian, rhubarb, podophyllum,
liquorice, turmeric, ginger, ipecac, rauwolfia, aconite and jalap; Unorganised drugs:
Opium, aloes, kino, gambier, agar, alginates, gelatin.
Resins, gums resins, oleresins-colophony, benzoin, shellac, myrrh, galbanum,
asafetida, turpentine, balsam of Tolu, balsam of Peru and storax; Glands and glandular
secretions – thyroid, pituitary, adrenal, pancreas and musk; Gums and saccharin
substances: Acacia, tragacanth and honey.
Humidity control: Definition, methods of monitoring and drying gases- air conditioning,
cooling towers- wet and dry bulb hygrometry, sample problems; Extraction: Principles of
solid-liquid and liquid-liquid extraction, equipment, diffusion batteries-extraction of
products; Biogenesis, Pathways leading to formation of plants products. Historical
development of plant tissue culture, types of cultures, nutritional requirements, growth
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and their maintenance, applications of plant tissue culture in production of
pharmaceutically important secondary metabolites.
Recommended Books:
1. Atal, CK and Kapoor, B.M. Cultivation and Utilisation of Aromatic Plants;
CSIR Publication; 2. Tyler, VC. Brady, LR and Robers JE. Pharmacognosy, 11th to 14th
editions; 3. Wallis, T.E. Text Book of Pharmacognosy, 5th Edition, J & A. Churchill
Limited, U.K.; 4. Kokate, CK. Purohit, AP. and Gokale, SB.
Pharmacognosy; 5. Ross, MF. and Brain, KR. An Introduction to Phytopharmacy Pitman
Medical- Kent; 6. Deinvert, J. and Bajaj, YPS. Applied and Fundamental Aspects of
Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture, Berlin.
Course No. 414 – Pharmacognosy & Phytochemistry – II Practical List of experiments:
1.Identification of powdered crude drugs and their combinations with the help of
organoleptic, microscopic and chemical tests; 2. Determination of leaf constants such as
stomatal index, stomatal number, vein islet number and palisade ratio. 3. Thin layer
chromatographic studies of extracts from crude drugs.
Recommended Books:
1. Pharmacopoeia of India. 1985; 2. Practical Pharmacognosy, 3rd Edition, by
Kokate, C.K.; 3. Practical Pharmacognosy by Lala, P.K., Lina, Culcutta, 1981.
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A study of the formulation, process and equipment used in the manufacture,
evaluation, quality control and prediction of shelf-lives of the following dosage forms.
A study of officaial (I.P.) and other important products in each category.
1. General formulations – factors involved; 2. Suspensions; 3. Emulsions;
1. General formulations – factors involved; 2. Suspensions; 3. Emulsions;
1. Parenterals; 2. Other sterile products-eye ointments, eye drops.
1. Sustained release products; 2. Microencapsulation and microcapsules;
3. Radiopharmaceuticals; 4. Aerosol preparations.
Cosmetics-Hand lotions and creams, face powders, baby and bath powers,
dentifrices, shampoo, lipstick, shaving preparations and hair dyes and creams, skin
Course No. 416 – Industrial Pharmacy & Cosmetic Technology Practical
Formulation, preparation and quality control of pharmaceutical products covering
dosage forms listed in theory. The number of products under each category is as follows.
Tablets-6, Capsules-2, Sugar and Film coating one each, liquid orals-4,
emulsions-2, parenterals-6, SR products-2, eye ointments-2, cosmetics-10.
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1. Theory and Practice of Industrial Pharmacy by Leon Lachman, Lieberman and
Kanning; 2. Text Book of Pharmaceutical Formulation by B.M. Mithal;
3. Bently’s Text Book of Pharmaceutics by E.A.Rawlins; 4. Science and technology of
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Introduction to fermentation: Anacrobic and aerobic fermentations, surface,
submerged and solid state fermentations, fermentation media, maintenance of slant
culture, design and working of an industrial fermenter; Fermentative production, recovery
1. antibiotics: Definition, classification, general methods of production and
purification, various antibiotics used in medicine and nonmedical purposes.
Manufacture of the following specific antibiotics: Penicillin G, cephalosporin C,
streptomycin, tetracylins, chloromycetin, erythromycin and neomycin, 6-APA and
preparation of semisynthetic penicillins like ampicillin, cloxacillin, 6-APA and
semisynthetic cephalosporins: 2. Organic solvents: industrial alcohols; 3. Organic
acids. Citric acid and lactic acid; 4. Vitamins: Riboflavin and vitamin B12;
5. Aminoacids: Glutamic acid and lysine; 6. L-Dopa, cyclic AMP.
1. Enzymes: Sources, classification, properties, general methods of preparation
and purification. Applications in pharmaceutical industry, therapeutics and clinical
analysis; 2. Immobilised enzymes, advantages and limitations of immobilization, a few
methods of immobilization; 3. Microbial transformation of steroids:
1. Fundamentals of microbial genetics: Genetic organization of procaryotic and
eucaryotic cells, recombination in bacteria (transformation, transduction and
conjugation); 2. Mutation: Spontaneous and induced, different types of mutants,
classification and mechanism of different types of mutagenic agents;
3. Strain improvement: Significance and different methods.
1. Fundamentals of genetic engineering: Introduction to gene manipulation: basic
techniques, agarose-gel electrophoresis, southern blotting and northern blotting.
Transformation of E. Coli and other organisms; 2. Cutting and joining DNA molecules:
Cutting DNA and molecules: restriction endonucleases and their nomenclature, target
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sites and mechanical sharing of DNA. Joining DNA molecules, DNA ligase, double
linkers, adapters and homopolymer tailing; 3. Introduction into host cell: Transjection
with recombinant phase DNA, transformation with recombinant plasmid DNA, in vitro
DNA packaging into phage coat. Recombinant selection: Genetic, immunochemical,
nucleic acid hybridization and recombinational methods. Expression of cloned genes. 4.
Plasmids as cloning vehicles: Basic properties of plasmids, purification of plasmid DNA,
desirable properties of plasmid cloning vehicles, natural and artificial plasmids-psc 101
Applications of genetic engineering: 1. Pharmaceuticals-production of human
insulin, interferon, somatostatin, hepatitis vaccine and novel antibiotics. Production of
small molecules like amino acids; 2. Recombinant DNA probes for diagnosis of genetic
diseases; 3. Other products obtained through genetic engineering;
4. Protoplast fusion and its applications; 5. Production of strains that degrade xenobiotic
compounds like DDT and TPAA; 6. Genetic engineering-patents, moral and ethical
Suggested Books:
1. Industrial microbiology by Cassida LE, Jhon Willey and Sons, India;
2. Industrial microbiology by Prescott SC and Dunn CG, McGraw Hill Book company,
3rd and 4th Editions; 3. Industrial Fermentations by Under Koflar and Hickey, Vol. 1 and
2; 4. Biochemistry of Industrial Microorganisms by Rainbow and Rose; 5. Biotechnology
by Kesav Trehan, Wiley Eastern; 6. Principles of gene manipulation Primrose SB and
Old RW. Black Well Scientific Publications;
7. Nucleic acids and Biotechnoloty; H.D.Kumar, Vikas Publishing and Company.
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1. Carbohydrates: Classification and general properties. A knowledge of structure
including stereo chemistry of glucose, fructose and sucrose. General treatment of
pharmaceutically important carbohydrates-maltose, lactose, starch, cellulose, dextrin and
glycosides; 2. Amino acids and proteins: Classification and general reactions of amino
acids and their relationship to proteins and polypeptides. Methods of preparation of
amino acids, classification and general reactions of proteins, degradation of proteins-
hydrolysis and end group analysis-protein, hormones, oxytocin.
3. Purines and xanthine derivatives: Structure and synthesis of uric acid,
theobromine, theophylline and caffeine. acids, classification and general reactions of
proteins, degradation of proteins-hydrolysis and end group analysis-protein, hormones,
General aspects of nucleoproteins and nucleic acids; 4. Lipids: Fixed oils and fats.
Fattyacids; chemistry and analysis of oils and fats; 5. Terpenes: Occurrence, general
methods of isolation and classification, constitution of citral, limonene, a-terpeneiol,
carvone, camphor and menthol. Preparation, general composition, properties and analysis
6. Alkaloids: Classification, general methods of isolation and structure
determination of alkaloids. Constitution of ephedrine, nicotine, papaverine, atropine and
quinine; 7. vitamins: Classificaiton, structure determination of thiamine, riboflavine and
asecorbic acid. Skeleton structures of Vitamins official in I.P.
8. Steriods: Nomenclature and skeletal structure of ergosterol, stigmasterol,
cholesterol and bile acids. Calciferols and Sapogenis- diosgenin, hecogenin;
9. Hormones: Sex hormones, structure and physiological properties of testosterone,
progesterone, estrone, estriol and estradiol. Their synthesis from cholesterol or diosgenin.
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Synthetic estrogens. Introductin to oral contraceptives. Cortisones; prednisolone,
aldosterone, synthesis of cortisone. Steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs- structure and
10. Glycosides: Cardiac glycosides of digitalis and squill. Structure of salicin,
hesperidin and rutin; 11. Antibiotics: A general study of antibiotics, isolation or syntheris,
chemistry and uses of penicillin, chloramphenicol and streptomycin, general
introduction to tetracyclines and other antibiotics included in I .P . ;
12. spectroscopy and structure: An introductory treatment of U.V., I.R. and N.M.R.
spectroscopy in structure determination.
Course No. 422 – Pharmaceutical Chemistry – VI (Natural Products) Practical
1. Determination of acid value; 2. Determination of saponification value;
3. Determination of iodine value; 4. Determination of unsaponifiable matter;
9. Determination of aminophylline; 10. Estimation of strychnine hydrochloride;
11. Testes for absence of arachis oil, cotton seed oil and sesame oil in other oils;
12. Reactions of carbohydrates, glycosides, alkaloids, amino acids (including xanthine
alkaloids), sterols and vitamins; 13. Identification of selected natural products; 14.
Preparation of caffeine from Tea dust; 15. Preparation of caseine and estimation of
nitrogen; 16. Soxhelt extraction of a crude drug; 17. Assay of tincture Nuxvomica/
Suggested Books:
1. Organic chemistry Vol.I by I.L.Finar; 2. Wilson and Gisvold, Text Book
of organic, Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Chemistry; 3. Bently and Driver’s Text Book
of Pharmaceutical Chemistry; 4. Remington’s Practice of Pharmaceutical Sciences; 5.
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Study of the pharmacology of the following classes of drugs with emphasis on
The uses, mode of action and structure activity relationships of oral contraceptives,
sulphonomides, antineoplastics, antibiotics, antiamoebics and antiviral agents.
1. Chemotherapy: Sulphonomides, antineoplastics, antibiotics, antiviral and
antifungal agents; 2. Drug treatment in tuberculosis, leprosy, venereal deseases, malaria,
filarial, leishminiasis, trypnasomiasis, ameoebiasis and helmenthesis.
3. Vitamins and hormones: Vitamins, thyroid, parathyroid, adrenal cortex, insulin
and oral antidiabede drugs; 4. Pharmacology of sex organs: Oral Contraceptives, oxytocic
5. Immunity and biological standardization: Vaccines and immune sera,
immunosuppressive agents; 6. Methods of biological assay, principles of bioassays,
fundamentals of biometric analysis. Detailed study of the official bioassay methods
for adrenaline; posterior pituitary, insulin, gonadotrophic hormones, cholera vaccine and
diphtherial antitoxin. Tests for pyrogens.
7. Pharmacology of local anaesthetics; 8. Drugs acting on respiratory system:
Cough suppressants, bronchodilators, drugs used in inflammatory bowl syndrome,
antacids and drugs used in gastric ulcers.
7. Pharmacology of local anaesthetics; 8. Drugs acting on respiratory system:
Cough suppressants, bronchodilators, drugs used in inflammatory bowl syndrome,
antacids and drugs used in gastric ulcers.
Text Books:
1. Text Book of Pharmacology by Rang and Dale; 2. Pharmacology and
Pharmacotherapeutics by Satoshkar and Bandarkar.
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1. Pharmacological basis of Therapeutics by Goodman and Gillman; 2. Indian
Course No. 424 – Pharmacology – II Practical List of Practical:
1,2 & 3. Action of drugs on isolated smooth muscle strips of Rat/ Rabbit/
4. Drug antagonism studies on isolated smooth muscle strips (Acetylcholine x
5. Drug antagonism studies on isolated smooth muscle strips (Adrenaline x
6. Two-point bioassay of acetylcholine on frog rectus absominis muscle.
7. Three-point bioassay of acetylcholine on frog rectus abdominis muscle.
8. Bioassay of histamine on guineapig ileum.
9. Action of drugs on rabbits eye (local anaestheties).
11. Test for pyrogents ( rabbit method).
12. Insulin hypoglycaemic action in rabbits.
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Physicochemical aspects of analytical chemistry with special reference to pharmaceutical
analysis. 7. Pharmacology of local anaesthetics; 8. Drugs acting on respiratory system:
Cough suppressants, bronchodilators, drugs used in inflammatory bowl syndrome,
antacids and drugs used in gastric ulcers.
Examination of substances from Indian Pharmacopoeia involving quantitative
separation and estimations representing various analytical procedures ( instrumental
Chromatographic methods-I : Principles and theories involved in adsorption and
partition phenomena. (a) column chromatography-different methods and equipment used,
practical considerations in selection of adsorbents, solvents and columns, quantitative and
qualitative applications; (b) Paper chromatography – basic principles and techniques
involved, solvent systems and paper used and detection methods, determination of Rf
value, qualitative and quantitative applications;
(c) thin layer chromatography and HPTLC - basic principles and techniques, materials
and solvent systems, selection, preparation of plates, detection and recovery of
components, qualitative, quantitative and preparative applications in pharmacy –
comparison involving a study of the advantages and disadvantages of column,
paper and thin layer chromatographic methods. Making permanent records of
chromatograms; (d) lon-exchange and gel filtration techniques – basic principles –
material used and techniques involved – pharmaceutical applications.
Chromatographic methods-II (GC and HPLC): (a)Gas chromatography: Basic
Principles, equipment, materials and techniques involved, injection systems, columns and
detectors used, nomenclature including retention time, retention volume, retention index
and HPTP and temperature programming, qualitative and quantitative applications in
pharmacy, combination of GLC with other methods, advantages and disadvantages. (b)
High Pressure Liquid Chromatography (HPLC): Theoretical principles involved in
HPLC, Pharmacology of local anaesthetics; 8. Drugs acting on respiratory system: Cough
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suppressants, bronchodilators, drugs used in inflammatory bowl syndrome, antacids and
Spectrophotometric analysis: A discussion of basic principles including
interaction of matter with electro-magnetic radiation, absorption, emission, luminescence
and scattering phenomena, units of measurement and definition of terms; (a)
absorptiometry: quantitative consideration of absorption phenomenon including Beer and
Lambert’s laws and their mathematical expression, deviations
from the laws, typical equipment and methods used in absorption spectro- photometry
(visible, UV and IR) including sources, monochromators, detectors, preparation of
calibration curves, pharmaceutical applications including assay of official compounds
and formulations used in the structure determination when more then one component is
present. Source of errors in spectrophotometry and their correction, validation of
spectrophotometric methods; Electrochemical analysis: A discussion of basic principles
involved in electrochemical analysis, electrochemical cells and half-cells, electrodes,
electrode reactions and electrode potentials:
Electrochemical analysis: A discussion of basic principles involved in
electrochemical analysis, electrochemical cells and half-cells, electrodes, electrode
reactions and electrode potentials: (a) Potentiometry: Basic principles involved in
measurement of EMF and pH, Nernest equation, typical equipment and their construction
including reference and indicator electrodes, salt bridges, combination and specific
electrodes, factors influencing EMF of a cell, portable, stationary and on-line equipment
pH measurement, applications; (b) Potentiometric titrations including principles involved,
methods for detection of end point including dead stop end point, applications in
neutralization, redox and precipitation titrations, equipment used, exploration of titration
curves obtained with acids and bases of different strengths and mixtures of acids; (c)
Coductometric titrations: Basic principles, Ohm’s law, ionic conductivities, details of
typical equipment including conductivity bridges and cells, procedures involved,
determination of end point, high frequency titrations, pharmaceutical applications of
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conductometry; Electrochemical analysis: A discussion of basic principles involved in
electrochemical analysis, electrochemical cells and half-cells, electrodes, electrode
reactions and electrode potentials: (d) Polarography: Basic principles and theory, Illkovic
equation, production and analysis of a typical polarographic wave, organic polarography,
typical instrumentation and methodology, DME and reference electrodes, modifications,
recording of polarograms and their evaluations, derivative and differential polarography,
applications in qualitative and quantitative analysis; (c) Amperometric titrations: Basic
principles, titrations using DME, equipment and application.
Basic principles, definition of terms, typical equipment and their working and
applications in qualitative and quantitative analysis – NMR and Mass spectrometry, X-
ray crystallography, thermal methods of analysis, radiochemical techniques,
Text Books :
1. Practical Pharmaceutical Chemistry by A.H.Beckett and J.B.Stenlake (Althone
Reference Books:
1. Pharmaceutical Chemistry by L.G.Chatten ( Marcel Dekker); 2. A text Book of
Pharmaceutical Analysis of K.A.Connors (John Wiley); 3. Pharmaceutical Analysis –
Modern Methods by J.W.Munson (Marcel Dekker); 4. Instrumental Methods of analysis
By Willard, Merritt, Dean and Settle (CBS publishers).
Course No. 426 – Pharmaceutical Analysis – II Practical
1. Separation of leaf pigments by column chromatography; 2. Separation and
identification of flavonoids / sulphonamides by paper chromatography; 3. Separation and
identification of amino acids / barbiturates / sugars by TLC methods;
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8. Fluorimetric estimation of quinine sulphate / riboflavin in formulations; 9. Flame
photometric estimation of sodium and potassium ions; 10. Potentiometric analysis: (a)
solutions; (b) titration of strong acid against strong base; (c) Titration of strong base
against weak acid; (d) Simulataneous determination of strong acid and weak acid in a
mixture; (e) Potentiometric assay of any two formulations form I.P.;
11. Conductometric titration of NaOH with HCL; 12. Polarographic estimation of a drug
official in I.P.; 13. Interpretation of given NMR and Mass spectra;
14. Determination of concentratin of sugar solutions by polarimetry;
15. Determination of critical micellar concentration (butyric acid in water) using Abbe
Refractometer; 16. Demonstration experiments in detection of polymorphism and
pseudopolymorphism in pharmaceuticals by DTA and DSC; 17. Assay of an ointment /
cream official in I.P.; 18. Fluorimetric estimation of quinine sulphate / riboflavin in
formulations; 9. Flame photometric estimation of sodium and potassium ions; 10.
Potentiometric analysis: (a) Determination of pH of two
Text Books:
1. Indian Pharmacopoeia; 2. Practical Pharmaceutical chemistry by A.H. Beckett
Reference Books:
1. A Text Book of Pharmaceutical Analysis by K.A.Connors (Jhon Wiley).
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Biopharmaceutics: Introduction, fate of drug after administration, routes of drug
administration, drug absorption and disposition. Drug absorption: Oral, percutaneous,
rectal, factors involved, mechanisms and kinetics – a detailed study of physicochemical,
biological and dosage from considerations in drug absorption.
Drug dissolution and bioavailability: Concepts, definitions, factors involved,
assessment, official methods, applications and significance. Drug distribution.
Localisation and protein binding – enterohepatic cycling – first pass effect. Drug
elimination: Metabolism, hepatic metabolism, microsomal and nonmicrosomal
metabolism, enzyme and their influence on drug activity, drug excretion through urine,
bile, lungs and skin-renal clearance. Significance of biopharmaceutics in product
Clinical Pharmacy; Introduction, objectives and scope of clinical pharmacy
practice – modern dispensing aspects, patient counseling and advice – medication history
– drug monitoring. Drug therapy in pediatrics and geriatrics.
Pharmacokinetic drug interactions: Drug interactions at absorption, distribution,
metabolism and excretion (ADME) pathways. Pharmacodynamic drug interactions in
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