Description
Book SynopsisThe Handbook of Pharmaceutical Excipientsis internationally recognised as the authoritative source of information on pharmaceutical excipients giving a comprehensive guide to uses, properties and safety.
Table of ContentsChapters:
Biological Effects of Pharmaceutical Excipients
The Selection of Excipients for Injectable Formulations
The Selection of Excipients for Orally Inhaled Dosage Forms
The History of Excipients
The Use of Counterions and Coformers in the Creation of Salt and Co-Crystal forms of Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (APIs)
Over 420 Monographs benefiting from a standardized, easy-to-use template including:
- pharmacopoeial information from the UK, Europe, Japan and the United States where relevant
- non-proprietary names and synonyms
- chemical name and structure, CAS Registry number, empirical formula, molecular weight
- functional category, applications and incompatibilities
- material description and typical excipient properties
- safety, stability, storage and handling information
- method of drug manufacture
- related substances
- primary references
- editorial comments
- author details and revision date
7 Appendices:
- Suppliers directory
- List of Monographs by Functional Category
- List of Related Substances
- List of Excipients by ‘E’ number
- List of Excipients by ‘EINECS’ number
- List of Excipients by ‘CAS’ number
- Pharmaceutical Excipients Assessed by the FDA Select Committee on GRAS Substances (SCOGS)
