Aulton's pharmaceutics : the design and manufucture of medicines / edited by Kevin M.G. Taylor and Micheal E. Aulton

Contents

1. Design of dosage forms..
2. Dissolution and solubility
3. Properties of solutions
4. Surfaces and interfaces
5. Disperse systems
6. Rheology
7. Kinetics
8. Solid-state properties
9. Particle size analysis
10. Particle size reduction and sizeseparation
11. Mixing
12. Powder flow
13. Fundamentals of microbiology
14. Pharmaceutical applications ofmicrobiological techniques
15. Action of physical and chemical agentson microorganisms
16. Principles of sterilization
17. Sterilization in practice
18. Introduction to biopharmaceutics
19. Gastrointestinal tract e physiology anddrug absorption
20. Bioavailability e physicochemical,dosage form and formulation factors
21. Assessment of biopharmaceuticalproperties
22. Dosage regimens
23. Pharmaceutical preformulation
24. Solutions
25. Clarification
26. Suspensions
27. Emulsions and creams
28. Ointments, pastes, gels, cutaneouspatches and topical sprays
29. Powders, granules and granulation
30. Drying
31. Tablets and compaction
32. Modified-release oral drug delivery
33. Coating of tablets and multiparticulates
34. Continuous manufacturing of tablets
35. Hard capsules
36. Soft capsules
37. Dissolution testing of solid dosageforms
38. Parenteral drug delivery
39. Pulmonary drug delivery
40. Nasal drug delivery
41. Ocular drug delivery
42. Otic drug delivery
43. Topical and transdermal drug delivery
44. Rectal and vaginal drug delivery
45. Preparation and delivery ofbiopharmaceuticals...
46. Pharmaceutical nanotechnology andnanomedicines
47. Radiopharmaceuticals.
48. The formulation and manufacture ofplant medicines
49. Design and administration of medicinesfor paediatric and geriatric patients
50. Packaging
51. Chemical stability in dosage forms.
52. Microbial contamination, spoilage andpreservation of medicines.
53. Product stability and stability testing
54. Pharmaceutical quality: the applicationof pharmaceutics in medicinesregulation