Main description:

Pharmaceutical analysis forms a core part of any pharmacy programme, as well as being essential for pharmacology and medicinal chemistry courses.

Pharmaceutical analysis determines the purity, concentration, active compounds, shelf life, rate of absorption in the body, identity, stability, rate of release etc. of a drug. Testing a pharmaceutical product involves a variety of analyses, and the analytical processes described in this book are used in industries as diverse as food, beverages, cosmetics, detergents, metals, paints, water, agrochemicals, biotechnological products and pharmaceuticals.

The mathematics involved is notoriously difficult, but this much-praised textbook, now revised and updated for its fourth edition, guides a student through the complexities with clear writing and the author's expertise from many years' teaching pharmacy students. There is continuous learning reinforcement throughout the book by way of worked calculation examples and self-assessment test questions.

Contents:

Chapter 1 Control of the quality of analytical methods

Chapter 2 Physical and chemical properties of drug molecules

Chapter 3 Titrimetic and chemical analysis methods by RuAngelie Edrada-Ebel

Chapter 4 Ultraviolet and visible spectroscopy

Chapter 5 Infrared spectrophotometry

Chapter 6 Atomic spectrophotometry

Chapter 7 Molecular emission spectroscopy

Chapter 8 Nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy

Chapter 9 Mass spectrometry

Chapter 10 Chromatographic theory

Chapter 11 Gas chromatography

Chapter 12 High-pressure liquid chromatography

Chapter 13 Thin-layer chromatography

Chapter 14 High-performance capillary electrophoresis

Chapter 15 Extraction methods in pharmaceutical analysis

Chapter 16 Methods used in the quality control of biotechnologically produced drugs