Modern Pharmaceutics Volume 1: Basic Principles and Systems, Fifth Edition

By Alexander T. Florence

With over 100 illustrations, Volume 1 addresses the core disciplines of pharmaceutics (absorption, PK, excipients, tablet dosage forms, and packaging), and explores the challenges and paradigms of pharmaceutics.

Key topics in Volume 1 include:

- principles of drug absorption, chemical kinetics, and drug stability
- pharmacokinetics
- the effect of route of administration and distribution on drug action
- in vivo imaging of dose forms: gamma scintigraphy, PET imaging NMR, MRI, etc.
- powder technology
- excipient design and characterization
- preformulation
- optimization techniques in pharmaceutical formulation and processing
- disperse and surfactant systems
- the solid state, tablet dosage forms, coating processes, and hard and soft shell capsules
- parenteral products

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1420065645
• ISBN13: 9781420065640
• Release Date: May 2009
• Publisher: CRC Press
• Length: 652 Pages
• Weight: 2.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.9" x 10.0"