Instrumental Methods of Drug Analysis

Analysis of Drugs and Pharmaceuticals forms the backbone of research and development in Pharmaceutical Industry and Academia. This book is primarily focused towards fulfilling the requirements of B.Pharm. In Pharmaceutical Analysis as recommended by the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) and adopted by major Universities in the country. This book focuses on various Physico-Chemical and instrumental techniques and their wider application for large number of drugs.The book is conveniently divided into several chapters each chapter dealing with a method of instrumental analysis. The book gives a review of several conventional methods like UV Visible and Flourimetric Spectroscopy and also deals at length the newer techniques like HPLC quality evaluation of Herbals etc. The book is also useful to Analysts and Quality Control staff of Pharmaceutical Industry.Main highlight:Topics have been written in easy to understand and simple language with special emphasis on Pharmaceutical applications.Contents1.Chromatography2.Column Chromatography3.Thin Layer Chromatography4.Paper Chromatography5.Ion Exchange Chromatography6.Gas Chromatography7.High Performance Liquid Chromatography8.High Performance Thin Layer Chromatography9.Introduction to Spectroscopy10.UV & Visible Spectroscopy11.Flourimetry12.Nephelometry and Turbidimetry13.Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy14.Flame Photometry15.Mass Spectroscopy16.Infrared Spectroscopy17.Nuclear Magnetic Reasonanace Spectroscopy18.Water Analysis19.Validation20.X-ray SpectroscopyAbout the AuthorG. Vidya Sagar is presently working as Principal of Veerayatan Institute of Pharmacy Jakhania Mandvi-Kutch (Gujarat) and Dean Faculty of Pharmaceutical SciencesKSKVKachchhUniversity Bhuj. With a teaching experience of over 20 years Prof. Vidya Sagar has authored 12 popular textbooks in Pharmaceutical Sciences includingGate PharmacyPharmaceutical Industrial Managementand the latest bookBasics of Drug Analysispublished by us which have gained wide acclaim. He has 150 review articles and 70 research publications to his credit.G. Vidya Sagar is a popular figure in Pharmaceutical Parlance. He is an examiner paper setter and PG & Ph.D. thesis adjudicator for several Indian Universities. He served as Chairman Board of Studies (Pharmacy) ofAcharyaNagarjunaUniversityGuntur A.P. He is an editorial board member of several prestigious journals and chaired many scientific sessions of National and International conferences. He has served as a resource person for various UGC AICTE and MCI faculty development programmes. His areas of research include Analytical method development of drugs and Pharmacological & Phytochemical screening of medicinally useful plant drugs.He is associated with many professional bodies like Indian Pharmacological Society IPA IHPA ISTE IPGA APTI and many others.