Essentials of Physical Pharmacy

The second edition of Physical Pharmacy deals with the application of fundamental physicochemical principles in order to overcome the problems related to the development and characterization of various dosage forms. Most of the pharmacy professionals entering the pharmaceutical industries often lack the fundamentals in physical pharmacy. Salient Features • Acts as a quick reference on various topics of physical pharmacy • Elaborated the second edition with inclusion of more chapters Contents 1. States of Matter 2. Physical Properties of Drug Molecules 3. Phase Rule 4. Thermodynamics 5. Rheology 6. Diffusion and Dissolution 7. Colloids 8. Chemical Kinetics 9. Solutions of Non-electrolytes 10. Solutions of Electrolytes 11. Solubility and Distribution Phenomena 12. The Solid State 13. Micromeritics 14. Interfacial Phenomena 15. Units and Measures 16. Buffers and Buffered Isotonic Systems 17. Ionic Equilibria 18. Complexation 19. Coarse Dispersions 20. Electromotive Force and Oxidation-Reduction Systems 21. Some Basic Formulae Useful for Calculations About the Author Deeliprao Derle M Pharm, PhD is working in NDMVP's, College of Pharmacy, Nasik. His academic career spans over twenty years. He has guided many M. Pharm. and PhD research students and has more than 80 papers, presentations and publications. He has authored many pharmacy books. He has presented many research papers in international conferences held at Bangkok, Thailand., Singapore, and Tokyo, Japan. His current area of research includes formulation development, complexations, microencapsulations and controlled drug delivery dosage forms, etc. He is Academic Council Member and Faculty Member of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Pune, Pune. Presently he is working as Director, All India Council for Technical Education, New Delhi. Sai Hanuman Sagar Boddu, did PhD at University of Missouri-Kansas City, Missouri, USA. He has working experience with several drug delivery systems, including microemulsions, polymeric micelles, microparticles and nanoparticles. He presented a number of papers in various national and international journals. He is the recipient of 2008-2010 Chancellor's Doctoral Fellowship from UMKC for his academic excellency.