Introduction to the pharmaceutical sciences /
Nita K. Pandit.
- 1st ed.
- Baltimore, MD : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, c2007.
- xv, 400 p. : ill. ; 27 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Ionization of drugs -- Solubility and lipophilicity -- Rates of pharmaceutical processes -- Membranes and tissues -- Drugs and their targets -- Drug discovery and optimization -- Transport across biological barriers -- Drug absorption -- Drug delivery systems -- Drug distribution -- Drug excretion -- Drug metabolism -- Plasma concentration--time curves -- Ligands and receptors -- Mechanisms of drug action -- Dose-response relationships -- Therapeutic variability -- Drug interactions -- Pharmacogenomics -- .Biopharmaceuticals -- Drug discovery, development, and approval