Pharmaceutical Chemistry
Acids, bases and buffers; sources and types of impurities; inorganic pharmaceuticals and their assays; fundamentals of organic chemistry; the chemistry of major drug classes.
Pharmaceutical Chemistry
by Dr. Govind Nayak & Dr. Akhlesh K. Singhai & Priyanka Namdeo · ₹240 — written to this exact PCI syllabus.
Course contents — unit by unit · PCI ER-2020 ER20-12T
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