Course Details
Course Information Package
Course Unit Title | PHARMACEUTICAL ANALYSIS I | ||||||||
Course Unit Code | PHA303 | ||||||||
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Number of ECTS credits allocated | 5 | ||||||||
Learning Outcomes of the course unit | By the end of the course, the students should be able to:
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Mode of Delivery | Face-to-face | ||||||||
Prerequisites | PHA106 | Co-requisites | NONE | ||||||
Recommended optional program components | NONE | ||||||||
Course Contents | · Analytical techniques for pharmaceutical products of high quality. · Sensitivity, reproducibility and accuracy of methods in drug quality control, using purely chemical methods of analysis, e.g. aqueous and non-aqueous titrimetric, gravimetric, and instrumental methods, e.g. spectroscopic, chromatographic, fluorometric, for qualitative and quantitative control of drugs. · Emphasis to quality control, by qualitative and quantitative determinations, of the active substances and reagents-solvents used in pharmacies and pharmaceutical industry. · Pharmaceutical product stability and purity for the determination of t1/2 of chemicals and drugs and their expiry date. · Laboratory work: Chromatographic (TLC) separation of a mixture, Separation of pharmaceutical compounds from a mixture by extraction or HPLC, Spectrophotometric determination of a drug, e.g. haloperidol, Detection and quantitative determination of Pb(II) in drug, chemical or water samples. | ||||||||
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods | The taught part of course is delivered to the students by means of lectures, conducted with the help of computer presentations. Lecture notes and presentations are available through the web for students to use in combination with the textbooks. Lectures are accompanied with laboratory work which is carried out in the pharmacy laboratory. | ||||||||
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Language of instruction | Greek | ||||||||
Work placement(s) | NO |