Essentials of pharmaceutical chemistry /

Essentials of pharmaceutical chemistry / edited by Donald Cairns - Fourth edition. - London, United Kingdom : Pharmaceutical Press, c2012 - xi, 308 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Chemistry of acids and bases -- Dissociation of weak acids and bases -- Hydrolysis of salts -- Amphiprotic salts -- Buffer solutions -- Buffer capacity -- Biological buffers -- Ionisation of drugs -- pKa values of drug molecules -- pH indicators -- Tutorial examples -- Problems.

An introduction to pharmaceutical chemistry for undergraduate pharmacy, chemistry and medicinal chemistry students. Essentials of Pharmaceutical Chemistry is a chemistry introduction that covers all of the core material necessary to provide an understanding of the basic chemistry of drug molecules. Now a core text on many university courses, it contains numerous worked examples and problems.

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PHARMACEUTICAL CHEMISTRY

RS 403 .E87 2012