Modern Pharmaceutics Volume 1: Basic Principles and Systems, Fifth Edition (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781420065640)

With over 100 illustrations, Volume 1 addresses the core disciplines of pharmaceutics (absorption, PK, excipients, tablet dosage forms, and packaging), and explores the challenges and paradigms of pharmaceutics.

Key topics in Volume 1 include:

- principles of drug absorption, chemical kinetics, and drug stability
- pharmacokinetics
- the effect of route of administration and distribution on drug action
- in vivo imaging of dose forms: gamma scintigraphy, PET imaging NMR, MRI, etc.
- powder technology
- excipient design and characterization
- preformulation
- optimization techniques in pharmaceutical formulation and processing
- disperse and surfactant systems
- the solid state, tablet dosage forms, coating processes, and hard and soft shell capsules
- parenteral products

Author: Alexander T. Florence
ISBN-10: 1420065645
ISBN-13: 9781420065640
Publisher: CRC Press
Language: English
Published: 05/01/2009
Pages: 652
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 2.85lbs
Size: 10.00h x 6.90w x 1.50d