Modern pharmaceutics /
edited by Alexander T. Florence and Juergen Siepmann
- Fifth edition.
- New York : Informa Healthcare, c2009
- xv, 633 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.
- Volume 1 .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Pharmaceutics: new challenges, new paradigms -- Principles of drug absorption -- Pharmacokinetics -- Factors influencing oral drug absorption and drug availability -- Effect of route of administration and distribution on drug action -- In vivo imaging of dosage forms -- Chemical kinetics and drug stability -- The solid state -- Excipient design and characterization -- Preformulation -- Disperse systems -- Surfactants -- Tablet dosage forms -- Hard and soft-shell capsules -- Parenteral products