OVERVIEW
One of the world's best-known texts on pharmaceutics, Aulton's Pharmaceutics offers a complete course in one book for students in all years of undergraduate pharmacy and pharmaceutical sciences degrees. Thoroughly revised, updated and extended by experts in their fields and edited by Professors Kevin Taylor and Michael Aulton, this new edition includes the science of formulation, pharmaceutical manufacturing and drug delivery. All aspects of pharmaceutics are covered in a clear and accessible way and extensively illustrated, providing an essential companion to the entire pharmaceutics curriculum from day one until the end of the course.
Table of Contents
1: Design of dosage forms 2: Dissolution and solubility 3: Properties of solutions 4: Surfaces and interfaces5: Disperse systems 6: Rheology 7: Kinetics8: Solid-state properties9: Particle size analysis 10: Particle size reduction and size separation 11: Mixing 12: Powder flow13: Fundamentals of microbiology 14: Pharmaceutical applications of microbiological techniques 15: Action of physical and chemical agents on microorganisms 16: Principles of sterilization 17: Sterilization in practice 18: Introduction to biopharmaceutics19: Gastrointestinal tract – physiology and drug absorption20: Bioavailability – physicochemical, dosage form and formulation factors 21: Assessment of biopharmaceutical properties 22: Dosage regimens 23: Pharmaceutical preformulation 24: Solutions 25: Clarification 26: Suspensions 27: Emulsions and creams 28: Ointments, pastes, gels, cutaneous patches and topical sprays 29: Powders, granules and granulation 30: Drying31: Tablets and compaction 32: Modified-release oral drug delivery 33: Coating of tablets and multiparticulates 34: Continuous manufacturing of tablets 35: Hard capsules 36: Soft capsules37: Dissolution testing of solid dosage forms 38: Parenteral drug delivery39: Pulmonary drug delivery 40: Nasal drug delivery 41: Ocular drug delivery 42: Otic drug delivery43: Topical and transdermal drug delivery 44: Rectal and vaginal drug delivery45: Preparation and delivery of biopharmaceuticals 46: Pharmaceutical nanotechnology and nanomedicines 47: Radiopharmaceuticals 48: The formulation and manufacture of plant medicines 49: Design and administration of medicines for paediatric and geriatric patients 50: Packaging 51: Chemical stability in dosage forms 52: Microbial contamination, spoilage and preservation of medicines53: Product stability and stability testing 54: Pharmaceutical quality: The Application of Pharmaceutics in Medicines Regulation