Handbook of Excipients
The Handbook of Pharmaceutical Excipients is internationally
recognised as the world's most authoritative source of information on
pharmaceutical excipients.
It is the definitive comprehensive guide to uses, properties
and safety of excipients providing scientists and researchers with a one stop
resource when researching an excipient.
All of the 400+ monographs are also thoroughly cross-referenced and
indexed to allow their identification by chemical, non-proprietary or trade
names.
Extensive content updates in the new edition include:
- Over 420 fully referenced excipient monographs, many
including IR, Raman, and NIR spectra
- 13 new monographs including several amino acids and
hydrated silicon dioxide
- 250 existing monographs reviewed
- New chapters providing support to the formulator, such as
excipient selection for orally inhaled and also injectable formulations.
Unique Benefits
- The
world's authoritative source of information on pharmaceutical excipients
- International Scope: Recognized
globally as the authority on the uses, properties and safety of excipients.
- Written by
over 170 expert pharmaceutical scientists
- One stop
resource when researching an excipient
Contents
- Biological
Effects of Pharmaceutical Excipients
- The
Selection of Excipients for Injectable Formulations
- The
Selection of Excipients for Orally Inhaled Dosage Forms
- The
History of Excipients
- The Use of
Counterions and Coformers in the Creation of Salt and Co-Crystal forms of
Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (APIs)
- Over 420
Monographs benefiting from a standardized, easy-to-use template including:
- Pharmacopoeial information from the UK, Europe, Japan and the United States where relevant
- non-proprietary names and synonyms
- chemical name and structure, CAS Registry number,
empirical formula, molecular weight
- functional category, applications and incompatibilities
- material description and typical excipient properties
- safety, stability, storage and handling information
- method of
drug manufacture
- related
substances
- primary
references
- editorial
comments
- author
details and revision date
