Instrumental Methods of Drug Analysis

Analysis of Drugs and Pharmaceuticals forms the backbone of research and development in Pharmaceutical Industry and Academia. This book is primarily focused towards fulfilling the requirements of B.Pharm.  This book focuses on various Physico-Chemical and instrumental techniques and their wider application for large number of drugs.  The book is conveniently divided into several chapters, each chapter dealing with a method of instrumental analysis. The book gives a review of several conventional methods like UV, Visible and Flourimetric Spectroscopy and also deals at length, the newer techniques like HPLC, quality evaluation of Herbals etc. The book is also useful to Analysts, and Quality Control staff of Pharmaceutical Industry. Main highlight:· Topics have been written in easy to understand and simple language with special emphasis on Pharmaceutical applications. Contents1. Chromatography, 2. Column Chromatography, 3. Thin Layer Chromatography, 4. Paper Chromatography, 5. Ion Exchange Chromatography, 6. Gas Chromatography, 7. High Performance Liquid Chromatography, 8. High Performance Thin Layer Chromatography, 9. Introduction to Spectroscopy, 10. UV & Visible Spectroscopy, 11. Flourimetry, 12. Nephelometry and Turbidimetry, 13. Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy, 14. Flame Photometry, 15. Mass Spectroscopy, 16. Infrared Spectroscopy, 17. Nuclear Magnetic Reasonanace Spectroscopy, 18. Water Analysis, 19. Validation, 20. X-ray Spectroscopy About the Author G. Vidya Sagar, is presently working as Principal of Veerayatan Institute of Pharmacy, Jakhania, Mandvi-Kutch (Gujarat) and Dean, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, KSKV Kachchh University, Bhuj. With a teaching experience of over 20 years, Prof. Vidya Sagar has authored 12 popular textbooks in Pharmaceutical Sciences including Gate Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Industrial Management and the latest book Basics of Drug Analysis published by us, which have gained wide acclaim. He has 150 review articles and 70 research publications to his credit. G. Vidya Sagar is a popular figure in Pharmaceutical Parlance. He is an examiner, paper setter and PG & Ph.D. thesis adjudicator for several Indian Universities. He served as Chairman, Board of Studies (Pharmacy) of Acharya Nagarjuna University, Guntur, A.P. He is an editorial board member of several prestigious journals and chaired many scientific sessions of National and International conferences. He has served as a resource person for various UGC, AICTE and MCI faculty development programmes. His areas of research include Analytical method development of drugs and Pharmacological & Phytochemical screening of medicinally useful plant drugs.   He is associated with many professional bodies like Indian Pharmacological Society, IPA, IHPA, ISTE, IPGA, APTI and many others.