.:: Second Year B. Pharm ::.
Syllabus, Saurashtra University, Rajkot

 

Sr. No.

SUBJECT

MARKS*

Theory

Practical

1

Physical Pharmaceutics

100

100

2

Pharmaceutical Engg. II (Unit Operations II)

100

100

3 Pharma. Jurisprudence 100 --

4

Pharmaceutical Chemistry (Organic Chemistry)

100

100

5

Pharmaceutical Analysis

100

100

6

Pharmacology I

100

100

7

Pharmacognosy

100

100

* Marks includes sessional marks, 20% in each theory and practical)

 

PHARMACEUTICS-II (PHYSICAL PHARMACEUTICS)

 THEORY

1.                  Matter, properties of matter: state of matter, change in the state of matter, latent heats and vapor pressure, sublimation-critical point, eutectic mixtures, gases, aerosols- inhalers,  relative humidity, liquid complexes, liquid crystals, glasses state, solid crystalline and amorphous polymorphism.

2.                  Micromeritics and powder rheology: Particle size and distribution, average particle size number and wt. Distribution, particle number, method of determining particle size and volume, optical microscopy, sieving, sedimentation, determining surface areas, permeability, adsorption, derived properties of powders, porosity, packing arrangement densities, bulkiness and flow properties.

3.                  Surface  and interfacial phenomenon:        liquid interface, surface and interfacial tensions, surface free energy, measurement of surface and interfacial tension, spreading coefficient, adsorption and liquid interfaces, surface active agents, HLB classification, solubilisation, detergency, absorption at  solid interfaces, solid gas and solid liquid interfaces, complex films, electrical properties of interfaces,

4.                  Viscosity and rheology:       Newtonian systems, law of flow, kinematics viscosity, effect of temperature, non Newtonian systems, pseudoplastics, dilettante, plastic, thixotropy in formulations, determination of viscosity and thixotropy by capillary, falling ball, rotational viscometer, application of rheology in pharmacy.

5.                  Dispersion systems:   a.       Colloidal dispersions:  Defination, types, properties of colloids, protective colloids, application of colloids in pharmacy.

b.       Suspensions and emulsions:  Interfacial properties of suspended particles setteling in suspension, theory of sedimentation, effect of Brownian movement, sedimentation of flocculated particles, sedimentation parameters, wetting of particles, controlled flocculation, flocculation in structured vehicles, rheological considerations, emulsions ; types, theories, physical stability.

6.                  Complexation : Classification of complexes, methods of preparations and analysis, applications.

7.                  Buffer equations and buffer capacity in general. Buffers in pharmaceutical systems, preparations and stability, buffered isotonic solutions. Measurements of tonicity calculations and methods of adjusting isotonicity.

8.                  Basic concepts of metrology: Measuring small and large quantities  (with reference to sensitivity of balance) Measurement of density and sp. Gravity.

9.                  a.       Solubility and  related phenomena :

Solubility definitions, expressions, phase rule, solvent solute interactions, polar solvents-non polar solvents-semi polar solvents, solubility of gases in liquids-effect of pressure-temperature, salting out, chemical reactions, solubility calculations, solubility of liquids in liquids-ideal and real solutions complete and partial.

 

Miscibility-influence of foreign substances-three component systems-dielectric constant and solubility, solubility of solids in liquids-ideal and non-ideal solutions-salvation  and association in solutions-solubility of salts in water-solubility of slightly soluble and weak electrolyte-calculating solubility of weak electrolytes as influenced by PH, influence of solvents on the solubility of drugs-combined effect of PH and solvents, distribution of solutes between immisclble solvents, effect of ionic dissociation and molecular association on partition, extraction, preservatives action of weak acids in emulsions, drug action and distribution co-efficients.

b.       Concepts  of dissolution and diffusion.

 

PRACTICAL :  3 hrs/week

1.                  Determination of latent heat, vapour pressure, critical point.

2.                  Studies on polymorphs, their identification and properties.

3.                  Determination of particle size, particle size distribution and surface area using various methods of particle size analysis.

4.                  Determination of derived properties of powders like density, porosity, compressibility, angle of  repose etc.

5.                  Determination of surface, interfacial tension, HLB value and critical miscille concentration of surfactants

6.                  Studies of rheological properties of various types of systems using different viscometers

7.                  Studies of different types  of colloids and their properties.

8.                  Preparations of various types of suspension and determination of their sedimentation parameters.

9.                  Preparations and stability studies of emulsions.

10.              Studies on different types of complexes and determination of their stability constants

11.              Preparations of pharmaceutical buffers and determination of buffer capacity.

12.              Preparations involving tonicity adjustment.

13.              Determination of CST and partial or mutual solubility.

14.              Determination of CST of surfactant

15.              Determination of isoelectric point, bloom rating of proteins and gelatin

16.              Study of measurement of molecular weight of  polymers macromolecular substances.

17.              Temperature dependency and viscosity studies of binary systems

 

 

 

LIST OF BOOKS

 

1.                  Physical pharmacy by Alfred Martin, 4th edition.

2.                  Pharmaceutics: The Science of Dosage Form Design edited by M. E. Aulton(1998 edition)

3.                  Remingtons:   The Science and Practice of Pharmacy, 19th edition, Vol I & II

4.                  Pharmaceutical Dosage Forms and Drug Delivery Systems by Anacl, Popovich and Allen, 6th edition.

 

 

 

 

 

PHARMACEUTICS-III

(PHARMACEUTICAL   ENGINEERING  UNIT OPERATIONS-II)

THEORY

1.                  Evaporation:  Basic concept of phase equilibria, factor affecting evaporation, evaporators, film evaporators, single effect and multiple effect evaporators, mathematical problems and   evaporation.

2.                  Distillation:     Rault’s law, phase diagram, volatility: simple steam and flash distillation, principles of rectification, Mc-CabeThiele method for calculations of number of theoretical  plates, Azeotropic and extractive distillation, mathematical problems on distillation.

3.                  Drying:          Moisture content and mechanism of drying, rate of drying and time of drying, calculations: classifications and types of dryers, dryers used in pharmaceutical industries  and special drying methods, mathematical problems in drying.

4.                  Size reduction and size separation: Definition, objectives of size reduction, factors affecting size reduction, laws governing in energy and power requirement of a mill, types of mills including ball mill, hammer mill, fluid energy mill and micronizer .

5.                  Extraction:     Theory of extraction, extraction methods, equipment for various types  of extraction process.

6.                  Mixing: Theory of mixing, solid-solid, solid-liquid and liquid-liquid mixing equipment,

7.                  Crystallization:         Characteristics of crystals like ; purity, size, shape, geometry, habit, forms size and factors affecting them. Solubility curves and calculation curves and calculations of heat balance around S Swanson’s Walker crystallizer , super saturation theory and its limitations, Nucleation mechanism, crystal growth, study of various types  of crystallizers, tanks, agitated batch, Swensons Walker, single vacuums, circulating magma and crystal crystallizers, cacking of crystals and its prevention,  Numerical problems on yields.

8.                  Automated process control systems:         Process variable, temperature, pressure, flow, level and vacuum and their measurement. Elements of automatic process control and introduction to automatic process control.  Elements of computer aided manufacturing(CAM)

9.                  Reactors and fundamentals of reactors design for chemical reactions.

 


PRACTICAL :  3 hrs/week

1.                  Determination of rate of evaporation, steam distillation.

2.                  Experiments based on steam, extractives   and azeotropic  distillations.

3.                  Determination of rate  of  drying,  free moisture content and bound moisture content.

4.                  Experiments to illustrate the influence  of  various parameters on the rate of drying.

5.                  Experiments to illustrate principles of size reduction, laws governing  energy and power requirement of size reduction.

6.                  Experiments to illustrate solid solid mixing, determination of mixing efficiency using different types of mixers.

7.                  Crystallization and smooth behavior .

8.                  Principles of  extractions.

9.                  Study of Stock’s low and sedimentation.

10.              Rectification.

11.              Particle size determination by microscopic method.

 

LIST OF BOOKS

1.                  The Theory and Practice of Industrial Pharmacy, by Lachman, Lieberman and Kanig. 3rd edition.

2.                  Pharmaceutical Dosage form:         Tablets, Vol-II edited by Lieberman Lachman and Schwartz. 2nd edition.

3.                  Pharmaceutics:        The Science of Dosage Form Design by M. E. Aulton (1998 edition)

4.                  Pharmaceutical Engineering by K. Sambamurthy

5.                  Remington:    The Science and Practice of Pharmacy, vol I  & II. 19th edition.

6.                  Elementary Chemical Engineering by Max S. Peters.

7.                  Unit Operations of Chemical Engineering (5th edition) by McCabe, Smith and Harriott

8.                  Perry’s Chemical Engineer’s Hand Book by Robert Perry, (6th edition).

9.                  Tutorial Pharmacy(Cooper & Gunn)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


PHARMACEUTICAL JURISPRUDENCE

 

THEORY

1.       Introduction:  a. Pharmaceutical Legislation- A brief review

b. Drug and Pharmaceuticals Industry – A brief review

c. Pharmaceutical Education – A brief review

2.       An elaborate (practical oriented) study of the following:

a.      Pharmaceutical Ethics

b.      Pharmacy Act-1948

c.      Drugs and Cosmetics Act-1940 and Rules –1945

d.      Medicinal and Toilet preparations (Excise Duties) Act- 1955

e.      Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act-1985 and rules

f.       Drug Price Control Order.

3.                  A brief study of the following with special references to the mane  provisions:

a.      Poisons Act-1919

b.      Drugs and Magic Remedies (Objectionable Advertisements ) Act-1954

c.      Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act-1970 and Rules-1975

d.      Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act-1960

e.      States Sops and Establishment Act and Rules

f.       Insecticides Act-1968

g.      AICTE Act-1987

h.      Factories Act-1948

i.        Minimum Wages Act-1948

j.        Patents Act

k.      Trade and Merchandise Act

l.        Industrial Regulation Act (Pollution )

4.                  A brief study of the various prescriptions/non - prescription products, medical/surgical accessories, diagnostic aids, appliances available in the market.

Note:  The teaching of all the above acts should cover the latest  amendments

 

 

LIST OF BOOKS

1.                  A Text Book of Forensic Pharmacy by B. M. Mithal, 8th edition.

2.                  A Text Book of Forensic Pharmacy by N. K. Jain, Vallabh Prakashan

3.                  The Patent Act-1970 with Patens Rules –1972

4.                  The Narcotic and Psychotropic Substances Act-1985 with the prevention of illicit traffic in narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances act-1988 along with allied rules and orders-1993.

5.                  The Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act-1971, along with the medical termination of pregnancy rules-1975

6.                  Insecticides Act-1963 to gather with insecticide rule 1971 and insecticide (Price, Stock, Display and Submission of reports) order-1986 along with selected notifications (5th edition, 1998)

7.                  The Drugs (Price Control) Order-1987 along with new drug policy-1994 and drugs (Price Control) order-1995

8.                  The Opium Act-1857 with opium act-1878 and opium and revenue laws act-1950

9.                  The Standards of Weight and Measures Act-1976

10.              The Pharmacy Act-1998

11.              The Prevention of Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act-1988

12.              The Poisons Act –1999

13.              The Minimum Wages Act-1948

14.              The Drugs and Cosmetics Act-1940

15.              The Medical and Toilet Preparations Act-1955

16.              Factories Act-1948

17.              Prevention  of Cruelty to Animal Act-1960

18.              Drugs and Cosmetics Act-1940 by Vijay Malik, 7th edition.

19.              Pharmaceutical Jurisprudence by N. K. Jain (Vallabh Prakashan)


PHARMACEUTICAL CHEMISTRY (ORGANIC CHEMISTRY)

 

THEORY

The subject of organic chemistry will be treated in its modern prospective keeping for the sake of convenience, the   usual classifications of organic compounds

 

1.       Structures and properties :  Atomic structure, atomic orbitals, molecular orbital theory, Wave equation, molecular orbitals bondingand anti bonding orbitals, covalent bond, hybride orbital, intramolecular forces, bond dissociation energy, polarity of bonds, polarity of molecules, structure and physical properties, intermolecular forces, acids and bases.

2.       Stereochemistry:      Stereo selective and stereo specific reactions, isomerism and nomenclature and associated physicochemical properties, optical activity, stereo isomerism, specifications of configurations, reactions involving stereo isomers, confirmations, chirality, chiral reagents, stereo chemistry of Biphenyl, Allens, Spirans and Decalins.

3.       Structure, nomenclature preparations and reactions of :  Alkanes, Alkenes, Alkynes,  Cycloalkanes, Diens, Benzene, Polyneuclear Aeromatic compounds, Arenes, Alkyl Halides, Alcohols, Ethers, Epoxides, Amines, Phenols, Aldehydes and Ketons, Carboxylic acids,  Carbanions, Carbenes, Nitrene, Nitreniumions,

4.       Nucleophillic aromatic substitutions, alpha, beta-unsaturated carbonyl compounds, conservation of orbital symmetry and rules.

5.                  Electrocyclic Cycloeditions and Sigmatrophic reactions, neighboring group effects, catalysis by transition, metal complexes.

 

PRACTICAL :  3 hrs/week

 

1.                  The students should be introduced to the  various laboratory technique through demonstrations involving synthesis of selected organic compounds(e.g. Aspirin, p-bromoacetanalide, anthraquinone  from anthracin, reduction of nitrobenzene etc.

2.                  Identification of organic compounds and their derivatives.

3.                  Exercise involving stereo selective synthesis of a compound, resolution of racemic DL-Alanine or any other example.

4.                  Introduction to the use of stereo models

 

 

LIST OF BOOKS

 

1.                   “Organic Chemistry” by Morrison Boyd.

2.                  Organic Chemistry, Vol-I and II by Finar.


PHARMACEUTICAL ANALYSIS - I

 

THEORY : 3 Lectures / Week (2:15 hrs) – Received on 8-2-2006

1.                  Significance of quantitative analysis in quality control, different technique of analysis, preliminaries and definition, significant figures, rules for retaining significant digits, types of errors, mean data sets, selection samples, precision and accuracy, fundamentals of volumetric analysis, methods of expressing concentration, primary and secondary standards, USP parameters for methods validation, rejection criteria and q-test.

2.                  Acid base titration:   Acid base concept, role of solvent, relative strengths of acids and bases, Vanslake equation, law of mass action, common ion effect, ionic product of water, pH hydrolysis of salts, Henderson-Hesselbach equation, buffer solutions, buffer capacity, neutralization curve, acid base indicators, theory of indicators, choice of indicators, mixed indicators, poly-protic systems, polyamine and amino acid system, amino acid titration, applications in assay of H3PO4, NaOH, CaCO3 etc., differential titration, biphasic titration of salts like sodium salicylate, sodium benzoate etc.

3.                  Oxidation reduction titration :         Concept of oxidation and reduction, redox titration, strength and equivalent weight of oxidizing and reducing agents, theory of redox titration, redox indicators, cell representation, measurement of electrode potential, oxidation reduction curves, iodimetry and iodometry, titration involving ceric sulphate, potassium iodate, potassium bromate, potassium permanganate; titanious chloride and sodium 2,6-dichlorophenol indophenol.

4.                  Precipitation titration :        Precipitation reactions, solubility products, effect of acids, temperature and solvent etc. upon the solubility of precipitate. Argentometric titration, and titration involving ammonium of potassium thiocynate, mercuric nitrate and barium sulphate indicators, Gay-lussac method; Mohr’s method, Volhar’s method and Fajan’s method.

5.                  Gravimetric analysis : Precipitation techniques, solubility products; the colloidal states, super saturational co