Programme: D Pharmacy
Subject: Pharmaceutical Chemistry - Theory
Course Code: ER20-12T 75 Hours (3 Hours/week)
Scope: This course is designed to impart basic knowledge on the chemical structure, storage conditions and medical uses of organic and inorganic chemical substances used as drugs and pharmaceuticals. Also, this course discusses the impurities, quality control aspects of chemical substances used in pharmaceuticals.
Course Objectives: This course will discuss the following aspects of the chemical substances used as drugs and pharmaceuticals for various disease conditions.
- Chemical classification, chemical name, chemical structure
- Pharmacological uses, doses, stability and storage conditions
- Different types of formulations/dosage form available and their brand names
- Impurity testing and basic quality control tests
Course Outcomes: Upon successful completion of this course, the students will be able to
- Describe the chemical class, structure and chemical name of the commonly used drugs and pharmaceuticals of both organic and inorganic nature
- Discuss the pharmacological uses, dosage regimen, stability issues and storage conditions of all such chemical substances commonly used as drugs
- Describe the quantitative and qualitative analysis, impurity testing of the chemical substances given in the official monographs.
- Identify the dosage form and the brand names of the drugs and pharmaceuticals popular in the marketplace.