Front matter -- Introduction to pharmaceutical analysis -- International pharmacopoeias, regulations and guidelines -- Fundamental chemical properties, buffers and pH -- Fundamentals of pharmaceutical analysis -- Titrimetric methods -- Introduction to spectroscopic methods -- UV spectrophotometry -- IR spectrophotometry -- Atomic spectrometry -- Chromatography -- Chromatographic separation principles -- Thin-layer chromatography -- High performance liquid chromatography -- Gas chromatography -- Capillary electrophoresis -- Mass spectrometry -- Miscellaneous chemical techniques -- Sample preparation -- Analytical chemical characteristics of selected drug substances -- Quantification and quality of analytical data -- Chemical analysis of drug substances -- Chemical analysis of final pharmaceutical products -- Analysis of drugs in biological fluids -- Index.

This textbook is the first to present a systematic introduction to chemical analysis of pharmaceutical raw materials, finished pharmaceutical products, and of drugs in biological fluids, which are carried out in pharmaceutical laboratories worldwide. In addition, this textbook teaches the fundamentals of all the major analytical techniques used in the pharmaceutical laboratory, and teaches the international pharmacopoeias and guidelines of importance for the field. It is primarily intended for the pharmacy student, to teach the requirements in "analytical chemistry" for the 5 years pharmacy curriculum, but the textbook is also intended for analytical chemists moving into the field of pharmaceutical analysis. Addresses the basic concepts, then establishes the foundations for the common analytical methods that are currently used in the quantitative and qualitative chemical analysis of pharmaceutical drugs.

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