(Syllabus) Syllabus of Jamia Hamdard Bachelor of Pharmacy (BPharmacy) - Ist Year - BPH01 Unit Operation
Syllabus of Jamia Hamdard Bachelor of Pharmacy (BPharmacy) - Ist Year - BPH01 Unit Operation
PHARMACEUTICS-I (Paper BPH 01)
INTRODUCTION TO PHARMACY (THEORY)
Total Teaching Hours: 50
1. Pharmacy Profession
Pharmacy as a career, evaluation of pharmacy profession, earlier period, middle to modern ages. Introduction to Pharmacopoeias with special reference to Indian Pharmacopoeia, B.P., U.S.P. and International Pharmacopoeia.
2. Metrology
Imperial, metric and S.I., weights and measures, interconversion
3. Introduction to Dosage forms
Classification of solids, semisolids and liquid dosage forms, conventional and novel delivery systems.
4. Pharmaceutical Additives
Diluents, vehicles, bases, solvents, organoleptic additives, surfactants, polymers and their applications.
5. Size reduction and Size Separation
Definitions, principles of size reduction, objectives of size reduction, factors affecting size reduction principles, laws and factors affecting energy requirements, different methods of size reduction, study of hammer mill, fluid energy mill and disintegrator. Various methods and equipments employed for size separation e. g., sieving, sedimentation, centrifugal elutriation, microscopic methods.
6. Mixing and Homogenization
Theory of mixing: solid-solid, solid-liquid, liquid-liquid and semisolid mixing. Study of different types of mixers used in pharmaceuticals like planetary mixers, sigma mixers, turbo dispensers, double cone mixers, Colloid mill, Triple roller mill.
7. Clarification and Filtration
Definitions, theory and factors affecting filtration, types of filter media, filter aids, and selection of filters. Equipments like gravity filter, pressure filter, vacuum filters, filter press, leaf filters, continuous rotary drum filter, edge filter, sand filter, membrane filters. Centrifugal type filters; batch, semi continuous & continuous type.
8. Heat Processes
Evaporation: Factors affecting evaporation, study of evaporating stills and evaporating pans, heat transferring evaporators, vapor compression evaporators and evaporation under reduced pressure.
Distillation: Importance of distillation in Pharmacy, methods of distillation. Brief introduction to freeze drying, sublimation, desiccation and exsiccation, efflorescence and its importance.
9. Extraction and Galenicals
Extraction processes and study of percolation and maceration and their modifications, their applications in the preparation of tinctures and extracts.
PRACTICAL
Total Hours 100
1. Preparation of following classes of products involving the use of calculations in metrology (at least 2 products from each category wherever applicable):
Aromatic waters, injections, solutions, spirits, glycerine, syrups, elixirs, lotions, mucilages And liniments, suppositories, tablets, powders and capsules.
2. Study of one monograph from the latest edition of Indian Pharmacopoeia.
3. Demonstration of equipments (working procedure) for
i) Size Reduction and size separation
ii) Mixing and homogenization
iii) Clarification and filtration
iv) Evaporation
v) Distillation
vi) Percolation
Books Recommended:
1. Remington's Pharmaceutical Sciences (Latest Edition).
2. The Extra Pharmacopoeia-Martindale (Latest Edition).
3. S.J Carter: Tutorial Pharmacy
4. Cooper and Gunn’s: Dispensing Pharmacy
5. N.K.Jain and S.N.Sharma: The theory and practice of Professional Pharmacy
6. Indian Pharmacopoeia (Latest Edition).
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