Pharmaceutics notes PDF Download According to ER 20
SYLLABUS
PHARMACEUTICS
Chapter-1
History of the profession of Pharmacy in India in relation to Pharmacy education, industry, pharmacy practice, and various professional associations. Pharmacy as a career
Pharmacopoeia: Introduction to IP, BP, USP, NF and
Extra Pharmacopoeia. Salient features of Indian Pharmacopoeia
Chapter 2
Packaging materials: Types, selection criteria, advantages and disadvantages of glass, plastic, metal, rubber as packaging materials
Chapter 3
Pharmaceutical aids: Organoleptic (Colouring, flavouring, and sweetening) agents
Preservatives: Definition, types with examples and uses
Chapter 4
Size reduction: hammer mill and ball mill
Size separation: Classification powder according to IP, Cyclone separator, Sieves and standards of sieves
Mixing: Double cone blender, Turbine mixer, Triple roller mill and Silverson mixer homogenizer
Filtration: Theory of filtration, membrane filter and sintered glass filter
Drying: working of fluidized bed dryer and process of freeze drying
Extraction: Definition, Classification, method and applications
Chapter 5
Tablets – coated and uncoated, various modified tablets (sustained release, extended-release, fast dissolving, double layered)
Capsules – hard and soft gelatine capsules
Liquid oral preparations – solution, syrup, elixir, emulsion, suspension, dry powder for reconstitution
Topical preparations – ointments, creams, pastes, gels, liniments and lotions, suppositories and pessaries
Nasal preparations, Ear preparations
Powders and granules – Insufflations, dusting powders,
effervescent powders and effervescent granules
Sterile formulations – Injectables, eye drops and eye
ointments
Immunological products: Sera, vaccines, toxoids and
their manufacturing methods.
Chapter 6
Basic structure, layout, sections and activities of
pharmaceutical manufacturing plants Quality control and quality assurance: Definition and concepts of quality control & quality assurance, current
good manufacturing practice (cGMP), Introduction to
concept of calibration and validation
Chapter 7
Novel drug delivery systems: Introduction, Classification
with examples, advantages and challenges