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Aulton's Pharmaceutics

The Design and Manufacture of Medicines

  • 6 Edición - 23 de abril de 2021
  • Última edición
  • Editores: Kevin M.G. Taylor, Michael E. Aulton
  • Idioma: Inglés

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 ph… Leer más

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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 readily accessible way and extensively illustrated throughout, providing an essential companion to the entire pharmaceutics curriculum from day one until the end of the course.

Puntos claves

  • Fully updated throughout, with the addition of new chapters, to reflect advances in formulation and drug delivery science, pharmaceutical manufacturing and medicines regulation
  • Designed and written for newcomers to the design and manufacture of dosage forms
  • Relevant pharmaceutical science covered throughout
  • Includes the science of formulation and drug delivery
  • Reflects current practices and future applications of formulation and drug delivery science to small drug molecules, biotechnology products and nanomedicines
  • Key points boxes throughout
  • Over 400 online multiple-choice questions

Índice

1. Design of dosage forms
Peter York

2. Dissolution and solubility
Michael E. Aulton

3. Properties of solutions
Michael E. Aulton

4. Surfaces and interfaces
Graham Buckton

5. Disperse systems
David Attwood

6. Rheology
Christopher Marriott

7. Kinetics
Gareth R. Williams and John P. Malkinson

8. Solid-state properties
Graham Buckton

9. Particle size analysis
Kevin M.G. Taylor

10. Particle size reduction and size separation
Michael E. Aulton

11. Mixing
Andrew M. Twitchell

12. Powder flow
Michael E. Aulton

13. Fundamentals of microbiology
Lara-Marie Barnes and Geoffrey W. Hanlon

14. Pharmaceutical applications of microbiological techniques
Lara-Marie Barnes and Norman A. Hodges

15. Action of physical and chemical agents
on microorganisms
Lara-Marie Barnes, Geoffrey W. Hanlon and Norman A. Hodges

16. Principles of sterilization
Susannah E. Walsh, Katie Laird and Jean-Yves Maillard

17. Sterilization in practice
Jean-Yves Maillard, Katie Laird and Susannah E. Walsh

18. Introduction to biopharmaceutics
Marianne Ashford and Kevin M.G. Taylor

19. Gastrointestinal tract e physiology and drug absorption
Marianne Ashford and Kevin M.G. Taylor

20. Bioavailability e physicochemical, dosage form and formulation factors
Marianne Ashford, Kevin M.G. Taylor and Hala M. Fadda

21. Assessment of biopharmaceutical properties
Marianne Ashford and Kevin M.G. Taylor

22. Dosage regimens
Soraya Dhillon and Nkiruka Umaru

23. Pharmaceutical preformulation
Simon Gaisford

24. Solutions
Sudaxshina Murdan

25. Clarification
Andrew M. Twitchell

26. Suspensions
Susan A. Barker

27. Emulsions and creams
Gillian M. Eccleston

28. Ointments, pastes, gels, cutaneous patches and topical sprays
Majella E. Lane

29. Powders, granules and granulation
Michael E. Aulton

30. Drying
Michael E. Aulton and Satyanarayana Somavarapu

31. Tablets and compaction
Göran Alderborn and Göran Frenning

32. Modified-release oral drug delivery
Emma L. McConnell, Christine M. Madla and Abdul W. Basit

33. Coating of tablets and multiparticulates
Stuart C. Porter

34. Continuous manufacturing of tablets
Aktham Aburub and Hala M. Fadda

35. Hard capsules
Brian E. Jones

36. Soft capsules
Stephen Tindal

37. Dissolution testing of solid dosage forms
Ana Cristina Freire, Francesca K.H. Gavins and
Abdul W. Basit

38. Parenteral drug delivery
Robert Lowe

39. Pulmonary drug delivery
Kevin M.G. Taylor

40. Nasal drug delivery
Gary P. Martin and Alison B. Lansley

41. Ocular drug delivery
Hala Fadda, Ashkan Khalili, Peng Tee Khaw and Steve Brocchini

42. Otic drug delivery
Xu Liu, Hugh Smyth and Feng Zhang

43. Topical and transdermal drug delivery
Adrian C. Williams

44. Rectal and vaginal drug delivery
Kalliopi Dodou

45. Preparation and delivery of biopharmaceuticals
Ijeoma F. Uchegbu and Andreas G. Schätzlein

46. Pharmaceutical nanotechnology and nanomedicines
Yvonne Perrie

47. Radiopharmaceuticals
Neil Hartman and Margaret Cooper

48. The formulation and manufacture of plant medicines
G. Brian Lockwood

49. Design and administration of medicines for paediatric and geriatric patients
Catherine Tuleu, Mine Orlu and David Wright

50. Packaging
Sudaxshina Murdan

51. Chemical stability in dosage forms
Andrew R. Barnes and Mark Santillo

52. Microbial contamination, spoilage and preservation of medicines
Norman A. Hodges and Lara-Marie Barnes

53. Product stability and stability testing
Paul Marshall

54. Pharmaceutical quality: the application of pharmaceutics in medicines regulation
Kevin M.G. Taylor, Majella E. Lane and Khalid A. Sheikh
Self-assessment questions
Sudaxshina Murdan

Detalles del producto

  • Edición: 6
  • Última edición
  • Publicado: 14 de mayo de 2021
  • Idioma: Inglés

Sobre los editores

KT

Kevin M.G. Taylor

Afiliaciones y experiencia
Professor of Clinical Pharmaceutics, UCL School of Pharmacy, London, UK

MA

Michael E. Aulton

Afiliaciones y experiencia
Emeritus Professor, De Montfort University, Leicester, UK