Pharmaceutical Chemistry
by Dr. Govind Nayak & Dr. Akhlesh K. Singhai & Priyanka Namdeo
₹240
Why this book
- Strictly as per PCI ER-2020 (ER20-12T): all 13 chapters in the official syllabus order, so nothing on your university exam is missed.
- Three subjects in one book: pharmaceutical analysis (errors, limit tests, volumetric & gravimetric analysis), inorganic pharmaceuticals, and the medicinal chemistry of every drug class.
- Drug-by-drug, the way exams ask: each medicinal compound is given by chemical name, chemical structure, uses, stability/storage and popular brand names — CNS, ANS, CVS, diuretics, hypoglycemics, NSAIDs, anti-infectives, antibiotics and anti-neoplastics.
- Up to date: includes recent drugs (bedaquiline, delamanid, remdesivir, favipiravir, gliflozins, gliptins) that older books leave out.
- Trusted authors, student value: written by a senior Lakshmi Narain College of Pharmacy / LNCT University panel; 240 pages for ₹240.
About this book
Pharmaceutical Chemistry is one of the most scoring — and most demanding — papers of D.Pharma First Year, and this textbook is built to take a student through all of it with confidence. Written strictly as per the PCI Education Regulation 2020 (ER20-12T), it follows the official syllabus chapter by chapter, so what you study is exactly what your university examines.
The book begins with the analytical foundation — sources and types of errors, impurities in pharmacopoeial substances and the limit tests for chlorides, sulphates, iron, heavy metals and arsenic — then covers volumetric analysis (acid-base, non-aqueous, precipitation, complexometric and redox titrations) and gravimetric analysis. It moves into inorganic pharmaceuticals (haematinics, gastrointestinal agents, topical agents, dental products and medicinal gases) and then into the heart of the paper: the medicinal chemistry of drugs acting on the central and autonomic nervous systems, the cardiovascular system, diuretics, hypoglycemic agents, analgesic and anti-inflammatory agents, anti-infective agents, antibiotics and anti-neoplastic agents. Every category is presented by classification, chemical name, chemical structure, uses, stability and storage conditions, formulations and popular brand names.
Explanations are written in simple, clear English so first-year students can follow structures and drug classes without struggle, and the drug list is kept current — including newer agents such as bedaquiline, delamanid, remdesivir, favipiravir, the gliflozins and gliptins — which many older books omit.
Authored by a senior panel — Dr. Govind Nayak (Professor & HoD, Lakshmi Narain College of Pharmacy, Bhopal), Dr. Akhlesh K. Singhai (Director, School of Pharmacy and Dean Academics, LNCT University, Bhopal) and Priyanka Namdeo (Associate Professor, LNCP) — and published by Shree Sai Prakashan, Meerut. Suitable for D.Pharma First Year students at every PCI-approved institute across India.
Syllabus coverage · PCI ER-2020 ER20-12T
See the full ER20-12T syllabus →Unit 1 · Introduction 8 hrs
scope; sources & types of errors (accuracy, precision, significant figures); impurities & limit tests (chlorides, sulphates, iron, heavy metals, arsenic)
Unit 2 · Volumetric analysis (acid-base, non-aqueous, precipitation, complexometric, redox) & gravimetric analysis 8 hrs
Unit 3 · Inorganic Pharmaceuticals 7 hrs
haematinics, GI agents/antacids, topical agents, dental products, medicinal gases
Unit 4 · Nomenclature of organic chemical systems (heterocyclics up to three rings) 2 hrs
Unit 5 · Drugs acting on the CNS 9 hrs
anaesthetics, sedatives/hypnotics, antipsychotics, anticonvulsants, antidepressants
Unit 6 · Drugs acting on the ANS 9 hrs
sympathomimetics, adrenergic antagonists, cholinergics & cholinergic blockers
Unit 7 · Drugs acting on the CVS 5 hrs
anti-arrhythmic, anti-hypertensive, anti-anginal
Unit 8 · Diuretics 2 hrs
Unit 9 · Hypoglycemic agents 3 hrs
Unit 10 · Analgesic & anti-inflammatory agents (NSAIDs) 3 hrs
Unit 11 · Anti-infective agents 8 hrs
antifungal, UTI, anti-tubercular, antiviral, antimalarial, sulfonamides
Unit 12 · Antibiotics 8 hrs
penicillins, tetracyclines, macrolides, miscellaneous
Unit 13 · Anti-neoplastic agents 3 hrs
About the authors
Dr. Govind Nayak — Professor & Head of Department, Lakshmi Narain College of Pharmacy, Bhopal, M.P.
Dr. Akhlesh K. Singhai — M.Pharma., Ph.D., PGDPM, A.I.C. — Director, School of Pharmacy; Dean Academics, LNCT University, Bhopal, M.P.
Priyanka Namdeo — Associate Professor, Lakshmi Narain College of Pharmacy, Bhopal, M.P.
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