Aulton's pharmaceutics: the design and manufacture of medicines

What is 'pharmaceutics'? Design of dosage forms PART ONE: SCIENTIFIC PRINCIPLES OF DOSAGE FORM DESIGN *Dissolution and solubility *Properties of solutions *Rheology *Surface and interfacial phenomena *Disperse systems *Kinetics of product stability PART TWO: PARTICLE SCIENCE AND POWDER TECHNOLOGY *Solid-state properties *Particle size analysis *Particle size reduction *Particle size separation *Mixing *Powder flow. PART THREE: PHARMACEUTICAL MICROBIOLOGY AND STERILIZATION *Fundamentals of microbiology *Pharmaceutical applications of microbiological techniques *Action of physical and chemical agents on microorganisms *Principles of sterilization *Sterilization in practice PART FOUR: BIOPHARMACEUTICAL PRINCIPLES…