Pharmaceutics: Basic Principles and Application to Pharmacy Practice - Hardcover

Alekha Dash

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0123868904 ISBN 13: 9780123868909

Publisher: Academic Press Inc, 2013

Synopsis

Pharmaceutics: Basic Principles and Application to Pharmacy Practice is a valuable textbook covering the basic science as well as the role and application, of pharmaceutics within pharmacy practice. Based on curricular guidelines mandated by the American Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), this book incorporates laboratory skills by identifying portions of each principle that can be used in a clinical setting. In this way, instructors will be able to demonstrate their adherence to ACPE standards and objectives simply by using this book. A full companion website will further enhance the didactic content for students by including practice questions and answers, videos that feature difficult processes and procedures and case studies for experiential learning. Essential resources for instructors are also available and include chapter PowerPoint slides and full-color images. Written in a clear and engaging manner, this textbook is the single best source for an integrated and extensive coverage of pharmaceutics. Chapter objectives and chapter summaries illustrate and reinforce key ideas. It is designed to meet curricular guidelines for pharmaceutics and laboratory skills mandated by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE). Companion website features resources for students and instructors, including flip videos illustrating difficult processes and procedures, and a full-color image bank.

About this title

About the Authors

Alekha Dash is a Professor and Gilbert F. Taffe, Jr. Endowed Chair at the Department of Pharmacy Sciences, and Associate Dean for Research, School of Pharmacy and Health Professions, Creighton University, Omaha, Nebraska, USA. His research interests include Design and Evaluation of Novel Drug Delivery Systems, Preformulation Studies, Solid-State Characterization of Drugs and Dosage Forms, Pharmaceutical Analysis Utilizing the Following Techniques: HPLC, GC, GC-MS, Thermoanalytical methods, IR, Powder X-ray Diffraction and Scanning Electron Microscopy, and Evaluation and Design of Dosage Forms for Nutraceuticals.

Somnath Singh is Professor and Director in the Pharmaceutical Sciences Department, School of Pharmacy and Health Professions, Creighton University, Omaha, Nebraska, USA. His research interests include skin irritation, nematotoxicity, percutaneous absorption, protein formulation and stability, controlled release drug delivery systems and smart polymers.

Edition details

• Publisher: Academic Press Inc
• Publication date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0123868904
• ISBN 13: 9780123868909
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 392
• Editor: Alekha Dash, Somnath Singh, Justin Tolman