This book caters to the basic need of the pharmacy graduates studying physical and analytical chemistry, a subject taught in all the four years. This book covers the pharmaceutical aspect and applications of topics in pharmacy, use of basic physical chemistry concepts to pharmaceutical science, e.g., calculation of pH of drug solutions, determination of shelf life of drugs, water content in drug substances, relationship of partition coefficient with drug absorption, distribution, metabolism, excretion, etc. Considering the target audience, i.e., undergraduate student, the language of the book has been kept simple and lucid so that the students do not find difficulty in understanding the basic concepts of the subject. This book is also covering syllabus of two subjects, viz. physical chemistry and analytical chemistry so that students need not to search for separate books for different topics/chapters. The book also includes solved problems to help understand the concepts better.
Dr. Mymoona Akhter, Ph.D. (Pharmaceutical Sciences), is Professor of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Director, Centre for teaching support and innovations, Jamia Hamdard, Deputy Coordinator, Bioinformatics Infrastructure Facility, Jamia Hamdard, and Treasurer, Indian Pharmaceutical Association, Delhi State Branch. She got her B. Pharm in Pharmaceutical Sciences, M. Pharm in Pharmaceutical Chemistry, and Doctorate Degree (Ph.D.) in Pharmaceutical Chemistry at Jamia Hamdard University, New Delhi, India. She has been bestowed with several honors like APP Women Scientist Award 2023 by Association of Pharmacy Professionals, Women Scientist of the year 2019, by Society for Women in Science and Technology, the SERB- fast track research project award for young scientists by DST, Govt. of India (2012), the Career Award for Young Teachers by AICTE (2010), and SERC Visiting Fellowship by DST (2005). Dr. Akhter has received research grants to the tune of more than Rs. 1.5 crores from UGC/ ICMR/ AYUSH/AICTE/ DST/ DBT. She has published more than 130 research articles in journals of repute and 3 books and 3 book chapters. She is supervising scientific research of the postgraduate and the doctoral level
Dr. M. Mumtaz Alam, Ph.D. (Pharmaceutical Sciences), is Professor of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Jamia Hamdard, and Dy. Director, School of Distant Learning Jamia Hamdard. He got his B. Pharma in Pharmaceutical Sciences, M. Pharm in Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Chemistry, and Doctorate Degree (Ph.D.) in Pharmaceutical Chemistry at Jamia Hamdard University, New Delhi, India. He has received research grants from UGC/ AICTE. He has published more than 150 research and review articles in journals of repute and 5 books. He is supervising scientific research at the postgraduate and the doctoral level.
