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Essentials of Pharmaceutical Chemistry Fourth Edition

Essentials of Pharmaceutical Chemistry Fourth Edition

Edited by Donald Cairns

  

  

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An introduction to pharmaceutical chemistry.

ISBN9780853699798
Published1st Jan, 2012
TypePaperback
Dimensions234 x 156 mm
Page count320

Description

Essentials of Pharmaceutical Chemistry is an introduction to pharmaceutical chemistry. It provides an understanding of the basic chemistry of drug molecules.  Now a core text on many university courses, the book contains numerous worked examples and problems.

The fourth edition includes new chapters on Chromatographic Methods of Analysis, and Medicinal Chemistry - The Science of Drug Design.

• Chemistry of acids and bases
• Partition coefficient and biopharmacy
• Physicochemical properties of drugs
• Stereochemistry
• Drug metabolism
• Volumetric analysis of drugs
• Analytical spectroscopy
• Chromatographic methods of analysis
• Stability of drugs and medicines
• Kinetics of drug stability
• Licensing of drugs and the British Pharmacopoeia
• Medicinal chemistry: the science of rational drug design
• Answers to problems

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