Book description
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.
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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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Provides an understanding of common analytical techniques
used in all areas of pharmaceutical development
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Suitable for a foundation course in chemical and
pharmaceutical sciences
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Aimed at undergraduate students of degrees in Pharmaceutical
Science/Chemistry Analytical Science/Chemistry, Forensic analysis
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Includes many illustrative examples
Steen Hansen is professor in analytical chemistry
at the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences at Copenhagen University
(Denmark), and has extensive experience in the teaching of analytical
chemistry for pharmacy students. His main research interests are in
basic separation sciences (primarily HPLC and CE), in particular on
separation mechanisms, but also extend into hyphenated techniques
using NMR and ICP-MS besides conventional detection techniques. He has
authored and/or coauthored more than 240 papers in international
peer-review journals. For 20 years, he was the President of the
Scandinavian Section of The Chromatographic Discussion Group until
this was renamed the Separation Sciences Foundation of which he is President.
Knut Einar Rasmussen is professor in pharmacy at the School of
Pharmacy at University of Oslo (Norway) and has similarly long
experience in teaching of drug analysis for Pharmacy students. He has
published extensively and his main research areas are focused on the
development of innovative state-of-the-art miniaturized methods in
separation science combined with detection and structure determination
of drugs, naturally occurring biomolecules/biomarkers and
environmental biomarkers.
Stig Pedersen-Bjergaard is professor at at the School of
Pharmacy, University of Oslo (Oslo, Norway) as well as in 2008, being
appointed as full Professor (part time) at Department of Pharmaceutics
and Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences,
University of Copenhagen (Copenhagen, Denmark). SPB has specialized in
analytical micro extraction technologies, on development and
applications of artificial liquid membranes, and on electrokinetic
separation methods. SPB has published more than 90 papers in
international journals, given more than 65 presentations at
international symposia, authored 6 patent applications, and is a
member of the Editorial board for Analytica Chimica Acta and
International Journal of Analytical Chemistry.
