The essential pharmaceutics textbook
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.
1. Chapter 18: Introduction to biopharmaceutics - p. 272 2. Chapter 19: Gastrointestinal tract – physiology and drug absorption - p. 278 3. Chapter 20: Bioavailability – physicochemical, dosage form and formulation factors - p. 296 4. Chapter 21: Assessment of biopharmaceutical properties - p. 319 5. Chapter 22: Dosage regimens - p. 341 6. Part 5: Dosage form design and manufacture - p. 359 7. Chapter 23: Pharmaceutical preformulation - p. 359 8. Chapter 24: Solutions - p. 385 9. Chapter 25: Clarification - p. 395 10. Chapter 26: Suspensions - p. 406 11. Chapter 27: Emulsions and creams - p. 423 12. Chapter 28: Ointments, pastes, gels, cutaneous patches and topical sprays - p. 451 13. Chapter 29: Powders, granules and granulation - p. 462 14. Chapter 30: Drying - p. 481 15. Chapter 31: Tablets and compaction - p. 500 16. Chapter 32: Modified-release oral drug delivery - p. 540 17. Chapter 33: Coating of tablets and multiparticulates - p. 555 18. Chapter 34: Continuous manufacturing of tablets - p. 572 19. Chapter 35: Hard capsules - p. 584 20. Chapter 36: Soft capsules - p. 598 21. Chapter 37: Dissolution testing of solid dosage forms - p. 611 22. Chapter 38: Parenteral drug delivery - p. 624 23. Chapter 39: Pulmonary drug delivery - p. 639 24. Chapter 40: Nasal drug delivery - p. 657 25. Chapter 41: Ocular drug delivery - p. 674 26. Chapter 42: Otic drug delivery - p. e702 27. Chapter 43: Topical and transdermal drug delivery - p. 711 28. Chapter 44: Rectal and vaginal drug delivery - p. 734 29. Chapter 45: Preparation and delivery of biopharmaceuticals - p. 751 30. Chapter 46: Pharmaceutical nanotechnology and nanomedicines - p. 766 31. Chapter 47: Radiopharmaceuticals - p. 788 32. Chapter 48: The formulation and manufacture of plant medicines - p. 803 33. Chapter 49: Design and administration of medicines for paediatric and geriatric patients - p. 817 34. Part 6: Packaging, stability and pharmaceutical regulation - p. 831 35. Chapter 50: Packaging - p. 831 36. Chapter 51: Chemical stability in dosage forms - p. 847 37. Chapter 52: Microbial contamination, spoilage and preservation of medicines - p. 859 38. Chapter 53: Product stability and stability testing - p. 872.e1 39. Chapter 54: Pharmaceutical quality: the application of pharmaceutics in medicines regulation - p. 891 40. Self Assessment Answers - p. 915 41. Index - p. 915
The essential pharmaceutics textbook
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.
1. Chapter 18: Introduction to biopharmaceutics - p. 272 2. Chapter 19: Gastrointestinal tract – physiology and drug absorption - p. 278 3. Chapter 20: Bioavailability – physicochemical, dosage form and formulation factors - p. 296 4. Chapter 21: Assessment of biopharmaceutical properties - p. 319 5. Chapter 22: Dosage regimens - p. 341 6. Part 5: Dosage form design and manufacture - p. 359 7. Chapter 23: Pharmaceutical preformulation - p. 359 8. Chapter 24: Solutions - p. 385 9. Chapter 25: Clarification - p. 395 10. Chapter 26: Suspensions - p. 406 11. Chapter 27: Emulsions and creams - p. 423 12. Chapter 28: Ointments, pastes, gels, cutaneous patches and topical sprays - p. 451 13. Chapter 29: Powders, granules and granulation - p. 462 14. Chapter 30: Drying - p. 481 15. Chapter 31: Tablets and compaction - p. 500 16. Chapter 32: Modified-release oral drug delivery - p. 540 17. Chapter 33: Coating of tablets and multiparticulates - p. 555 18. Chapter 34: Continuous manufacturing of tablets - p. 572 19. Chapter 35: Hard capsules - p. 584 20. Chapter 36: Soft capsules - p. 598 21. Chapter 37: Dissolution testing of solid dosage forms - p. 611 22. Chapter 38: Parenteral drug delivery - p. 624 23. Chapter 39: Pulmonary drug delivery - p. 639 24. Chapter 40: Nasal drug delivery - p. 657 25. Chapter 41: Ocular drug delivery - p. 674 26. Chapter 42: Otic drug delivery - p. e702 27. Chapter 43: Topical and transdermal drug delivery - p. 711 28. Chapter 44: Rectal and vaginal drug delivery - p. 734 29. Chapter 45: Preparation and delivery of biopharmaceuticals - p. 751 30. Chapter 46: Pharmaceutical nanotechnology and nanomedicines - p. 766 31. Chapter 47: Radiopharmaceuticals - p. 788 32. Chapter 48: The formulation and manufacture of plant medicines - p. 803 33. Chapter 49: Design and administration of medicines for paediatric and geriatric patients - p. 817 34. Part 6: Packaging, stability and pharmaceutical regulation - p. 831 35. Chapter 50: Packaging - p. 831 36. Chapter 51: Chemical stability in dosage forms - p. 847 37. Chapter 52: Microbial contamination, spoilage and preservation of medicines - p. 859 38. Chapter 53: Product stability and stability testing - p. 872.e1 39. Chapter 54: Pharmaceutical quality: the application of pharmaceutics in medicines regulation - p. 891 40. Self Assessment Answers - p. 915 41. Index - p. 915
