Aulton's Pharmaceutics : The design and manufacture of medicines

Pharmaceutics is the art of pharmaceutical preparations. It encompasses design of drugs, their manufacture and the elimination of micro-organisms from the products. This book encompasses all of these areas.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Michael E Aulton [ editor ]
Format: Printed Book
Published: Edinburgh ; New York Churchill Livingstone/ Elsevier 2007
Edition:3rd ed. [ International Edition ]
Subjects:
Drugs -Dosage forms. Drugs -Design. Biopharmaceutics.
Table of Contents:
  • What is 'pharmaceutics'?
  • 1. Design of dosage forms / P. York
  • Pt. 1. Scientific principles of dosage form design
  • 2. Dissolution and solubility / M. E. Aulton
  • 3. Properties of solutions / M. E. Aulton
  • 4. Rheology / C. Marriott
  • 5. Surface and interfacial phenomena / J. T. Fell
  • 6. Disperse systems / D. Attwood
  • 7. Kinetics of product stability / W. J. Pugh
  • Pt. 2. Particle science and powder technology
  • 8. Solid-state properties / G. Buckton
  • 9. Particle size analysis / J. N. Staniforth and M. E. Aulton
  • 10. Particle size reduction / J. N. Staniforth and M. E. Aulton
  • 11. Particle size separation / J. N. Staniforth and M. E. Aulton
  • 12. Mixing / A. M. Twitched
  • 13. Powder flow / J. N. Staniforth and M. E. Aulton
  • Pt. 3. Pharmaceutical microbiology and sterilization
  • 14. Fundamentals of microbiology / G. W. Hanlon
  • 15. Pharmaceutical applications of microbiological techniques / N. A. Hodges
  • 16. Action of physical and chemical agents on microorganisms / G. W. Hanlon and N. A. Hodges
  • 17. Principles of sterilization / S. E. Walsh and J.-Y. Maillard
  • 18. Sterilization in practice / J.-Y. Maillard and S. E. Walsh
  • Pt. 4. Biopharmaceutical principles of drug delivery
  • 19. Introduction to biopharmaceutics / M. Ashford
  • 20. Gastrointestinal tract
  • physiology and drug absorption / M. Ashford
  • 21. Bioavailability
  • physicochemical and dosage form factors / M. Ashford
  • 22. Assessment of biopharmaceutical properties / M. Ashford
  • 23. Dosage regimens / J. H. Collett
  • Pt. 5. Dosage form design and manufacture
  • 24. Pharmaceutical preformulation / J. I. Wells and M. E. Aulton
  • 25. Solutions / M. R. Billany
  • 26. Clarification / A. M. Twitchell
  • 27. Suspensions and emulsions / M. R. Billany
  • 28. Powders and granules / M. P. Summers
  • 29. Granulation / M. P. Summers and M. E. Aulton
  • 30. Drying / M. E. Aulton
  • 31. Tablets and compaction / G. Alderborn
  • 32. Modified-release peroral dosage forms / J. H. Collett and R. C. Moreton
  • 33. Coating of tablets and multiparticulates / S. C. Porter
  • 34. Hard gelatin capsules / B. E. Jones
  • 35. Soft gelatin capsules / K. G. Hutchison and J. Ferdinando
  • 36. Pulmonary drug delivery / K. M. G. Taylor
  • 37. Nasal drug delivery / P. M. Taylor
  • 38. Transdermal drug delivery / B. W. Barry
  • 39. Wound dressings / G. M. Eccleston
  • 40. Rectal and vaginal drug delivery / J. J. Tukker
  • 41. Delivery of pharmaceutical proteins / D. J. A. Crommelin, E. van Winden and A. Mekking
  • 42. Packs and packaging / P. M. Taylor
  • 43. Microbial contamination, spoilage and preservation of medicines / N. A. Hodges
  • 44. Product stability and stability testing / A. R. Barnes
  • 45. Pharmaceutical plant design / M. E. Aulton and A. M. Twitchell
  • 46. Heat transfer and the properties and use of steam / A. M. Twichell.

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