FUNDAMENTALS OF PHARMACEUTICS DIPLOMA FIRST YEAR

A text book of Pharmaceutics provides comprehensive and concise concept of various dosage forms. The major thrust has been to make the book more students friendly, catering to the syllabus of PCI for Diploma in pharmacy, each chapter in this book is self-contained and serve as dual teaching function to highlight the basic concept and relate them to Pharmacotherapeutics. Topics have been explained according to the PCI, avoiding unnecessary details as per requirements and structure of question papers. The substantial amount of information has been added particular in all major topics. It is hoped that book is useful not only for pharmacy and those appearing in various entrance examinations of medical professions, but will serve as a good resource in regulatory practice also. An exclusive pattern as detailed below has been introduced:
 History of pharmacy profession in India
 Packaging materials for pharmaceuticals and pharmaceutical aids
 Various unit operations such as: Size reduction, size separation, Mixing, filtration, drying and extraction methods.
 Tablets, capsules, liquid dosage form, topical preparation, powders and granules, sterile formulations, immunological products
 Basic structure, layout, section and activities of pharmaceutical manufacturing plants
 Novel drug delivery system
This book is also useful for other medical students. The students can easily carrier begins in medical profession with A text book of Pharmacotherapeutics.