Learning objectives
<br />- to acquire a deep-rooted knowledge of thefundamental principles of the formulation of herbal remedies and to develop theability to apply these principles to specific problems in the formulationscience; <br /> <br />-to acquire a comprehensiveunderstanding of how health product are developed and manufactured.<br /> <br />- to acquire theindependent learning ability required for continuing professional development
Prerequisites
<br />Itis preferable to have already passed the exams of “general chemistry” and“organic chemistry”.
Course unit content
<br /> Good laboratory Practices<br /><br /> <br />Pharmaceutical Processes:<br /> Particlesize reduction<br /> Mixing<br /> Distillation<br /> Cristallization<br /> Filtration<br />Dryng<br />Dissolution<br /> Granulation<br /> <br /> <br /> <br />- Pharmaceutical dosage- forms<br />Solid dosage forms:<br /> Powders<br /> Granules<br /> Capsules<br /> Tablets<br />Semi-solid formulations:<br />Liquid formulations:<br /> Solutions<br /> Suspensions<br /> Emulsions<br />Herbal Extracts<br /><br />
Bibliography
<br />P. Colombo, PL Catellani,Agazzaniga, E. Menegatti, E. Vidale, Principi di Tecnologie Farmaceutiche, CasaEditrice Ambrosiana, Milano (2004)<br /> <br />M. Amorosa, Principi diTecnica Farmaceutica, Libreria Universitaria L. Tinarelli, Bologna (1998).<br /> <br />Farmacopea Ufficiale dellaRepubblica Italiana, XI Edizione, Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato,Roma (2002)
