Pharmaceutics : Basic Principles and Application to Pharmacy Practice

Dash, Alekha (EDT); Singh, Somnath (EDT)

ISBN 10: 0323997961 / ISBN 13: 9780323997966

Published by Academic Press, 2023

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Pharmaceutics : Basic Principles and Application to Pharmacy Practice
• Publisher: Academic Press
• Publication Date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0323997961
• ISBN 13: 9780323997966
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 2nd Edition
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

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.

• 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 Authors

Alekha Dash is a Professor and Gilbert F. Taffe, Jr. Endowed Chair at the Department of Pharmacy Sciences, and Associate Dean for Research, School of Pharmacy and Health Professions, Creighton University, Omaha, Nebraska, USA. His research interests include Design and Evaluation of Novel Drug Delivery Systems, Preformulation Studies, Solid-State Characterization of Drugs and Dosage Forms, Pharmaceutical Analysis Utilizing the Following Techniques: HPLC, GC, GC-MS, Thermoanalytical methods, IR, Powder X-ray Diffraction and Scanning Electron Microscopy, and Evaluation and Design of Dosage Forms for Nutraceuticals.

Somnath Singh is Professor and Director in the Pharmaceutical Sciences Department, School of Pharmacy and Health Professions, Creighton University, Omaha, Nebraska, USA. His research interests include skin irritation, nematotoxicity, percutaneous absorption, protein formulation and stability, controlled release drug delivery systems and smart polymers.