Syllabus for M.Pharm in BITS Pilani

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BITS stands for Birla Institute of Technology & Science Pilani a guiding Institute of Higher Education and a deemed University provides degree programs in Engineering, Sciences, Technology, Pharmacy, Management and Humanities.

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Physical pharmacy
Matter, Properties of Matter, Micromeretics and Powder Rheology, Surface and Interfacial Phenomenon, Viscosity and Rheology, Dispersion Systems, Colloidal dispersions, Suspensions and Emulsions, Complexation, Kinetics and Drug Stability.

Microbiology in Pharmacy
Structure of bacterial cell, Classification of microbes and their taxonomy, Identification of Microbes,Control of microbes by physical and chemical methods, Sterilization, Immunology and Immunological Preparations, Vaccines and sera, Genetic Recombination, Antibiotics, Design of fermentation process

Pharmaceutical Jurisprudence & Ethics
Pharmaceutical Legislations, Pharmaceutical Ethics; Pharmacy Act 1948; Drugs and Cosmetics Act 1940 and Rules 1945; Medicinal & Toilet Preparations (Excise Duties) Act 1955; Narcotic Drugs & Psychotropic Substances Act 1985 & Rules; Drugs Price Control Order; Prescription/Nonprescription Products. Medical/Surgical accessories, diagnostic aids, appliances available in the market

Dispensing and Community Pharmacy
Prescription, General dispensing procedures including labeling of dispensed products;
Pharmaceutical calculations, Principles involved and procedures adopted in dispensing of formulations, Incompatibilities, Therapeutic incompatibilities, Community Pharmacy, Organization and Structure of hospital pharmacy, Drug Store Management and Inventory Control, Drug distribution Systems in Hospitals, Central Sterile Supply Unit and their Management, Manufacture of Sterile and Non-sterile Products, Drug Information Services, Records and Reports, Pharmacoeconomics, Pharmacoepidemiology, Nuclear Pharmacy.

Unit Operations in Manufacturing, Stoichiometry:
Unit processes, Fluid Flow, Heat transfer, Evaporation, Distillation, Drying, Size Reduction, Mixing, Filtration and Centrifugation, Crystallization, Dehumidification and Humidity Control, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning, Material of Construction, Material Handling Systems, Corrosion, Plant location, Industrial Hazards and Safety Precautions, Automated Process Control Systems.

Dosages Forms, designing & evaluation
Liquid Dosages Forms, Semisolid Dosage Forms, Suppositories, Extraction and Galenical Products, Blood Products and Plasma Substitutes, Pharmaceutical Aerosols, Ophthalmic Preparations, Cosmeticology and Cosmetic Preparations, Capsules, Micro-encapsulation, Tablets, Parenteral Products, Surgical products, Packaging of Pharmaceutical Products, Designing of dosage forms, Performance evaluation methods.

Biopharmaceutics & Pharmacokinetcs
Introduction to Biopharmaceutics, Pharmacokinetics, Compartment model, Clinical
Pharmacokinetics, Bioavailability and bioequivalence

Inorganic pharmaceutical & medicinal chemistry
Importance of inorganic compounds in pharmacy and medicine, Gastrointestinal Agents, Major Intra- and Extra-cellular Electrolytes, Essential and Trace Elements, Topical Agents, Gases and Vapors, Dental Products, Miscellaneous Agents, Pharmaceutical aids, Acids, Bases and Buffers, Inorganic Radiopharmaceuticals

Physical Chemistry
Importance of basic fundamentals of physical chemistry in pharmacy, Behavior of Gases, Kinetic theory of gases, deviation from ideal behavior and explanation; The Liquid State, Solutions, Thermodynamics, Adsorption, photochemistry, Chemical Kinetics, Quantum Mechanics

Organic Chemistry
Importance of fundamentals of organic chemistry, Structure and Properties, Stereochemistry, Structure, Nomenclature, Preparation and Reactions of: Alkanes, Alkenes, Alkynes, Cyclic analogs, Dienes, Benzene, Polynuclear aromatic compounds, Arenes, Alkyl halides, Alcohols, Ethers, Epoxides, Amines, Phenols, Aldehydes and ketones, Carboxylic acids, Functional derivatives of' carboxylic acids, a,ß-Unsaturated carbonyl compounds, Reactive intermediates- carbocations,
carbanions, carbenes and nitrenes; Nucleophilic and Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution Reactions, Electrophilic and Nucleophilic Addition Reactions; Rearrangements; Elimination reactions; Conservation of Orbital Symmetry and
Rules: Electrocyclic, Cycloaddition and Sigmatropic reactions; Neighboring group effects; Catalysis by transition metal complexes; Heterocyclic Compounds: Nomenclature, preparation, properties and reactions of 3, 4, 5, 6 & 7-membered heterocycles with one or two heteroatoms like O, N, S. Chemistry of lipids, Carbohydrates and Proteins.

Biochemistry
The concept of free energy, Enzymes, Co-enzymes, Carbohydrate Metabolism, Role of sugar nucleotides in biosynthesis, and Pentose phosphate pathway; The Citric Acid Cycle, Lipids Metabolism, Biological Oxidation, Metabolism of ammonia and nitrogen containing monomers, Purine biosynthesis; Purine nucleotide inter-conversions; Pyrimidine biosynthesis: formation of deoxyribounucleotides; Biosynthesis of Nucleic Acids, Mutation, Genetic Code and Protein
Synthesis.

Medicinal Chemistry
Basic Principles: Physico-chemical and stereoisomeric (Optical, geometrical) aspects of drug molecules and biological action, Bioisosterism, Drug-receptor interactions including transduction mechanisms; Drug metabolism and Concept of Prodrugs; Principles of Drug Design (Theoretical Aspects), Synthetic Procedures, Mode of Action, Uses, Structure Activity Relationships including Physicochemical Properties of the Following Classes of Drugs: Drugs acting at synaptic and neuroeffector
junction sites: Cholinergics, anti-cholinergics and cholinesterase inhibitors, Adrenergic drugs, Antispasmodic and anti-ulcer drugs, Local Anesthetics, Neuromuscular blocking agents; Autacoids: Antihistamines, Eicosanoids, Analgesic-antipyretics, Anti-inflammatory (non-steroidal) agents. Steroidal Drugs, Drugs acting on the central nervous system, Diuretics; Cardiovascular drugs; Thyroid and Anti thyroid drugs; Insulin and oral hypoglycemic agents; Chemotherapeutic
Agents used in bacterial, fungal, viral, protozoal, parasitic and other infections, Antibiotics Antimetabolites (including sulfonamides); Anti-neoplastic agents; Anti-viral agents (including anti– HIV); Immunosuppressives and immunostimulants; Diagnostic agents; Pharmaceutical Aids; Microbial Transformations: Enzyme Immobilization

Pharmaceutical Analysis
Different techniques of pharmaceutical analysis, Fundamentals of volumetric analysis, Acid Base Titrations, Oxidation Reduction Titrations, Precipitation Titrations, Gravimetric Analysis, Nonaqueous titrations, Complexometric titrations; Miscellaneous Methods of Analysis, Extraction procedures including separation of drugs from excipients, Potentiometry, Conductometry, Coulometry, Polarography, Amperometry, Chromatography (TLC, HPLC, GLC, HPTLC, Paper
Chromatography and Column Chromatography) , Ultraviolet and visible spectrophotometry, Fluorimetry, Infrared spectrophotometry, Nuclear Magnetic Resonance spectroscopy, Mass Spectrometry (EI & CI only), Flame Photometry, Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy, X-ray Diffraction Analysis, Radioimmunoassay, Quality assurance

Pharmacology
Pathophysiology of common diseases; Immunopathophysiology, Fundamentals of general pharmacology Pharmacology of Peripheral Nervous System, Central Nervous System, Cardiovascular System, Drugs Acting on the Hemopoietic System, urinary system, Autacoids, Respiratory System, GIT, Endocrine System. Chemotherapy: Sulfonamides and cotrimoxazole, Antibiotics- Penicillins, Cephalosporins,
Aminoglycosides, Chloramphenicol, Macrolides, Tetracyclines, Quinolones, fluoroquinolones and Miscellaneous antibiotics; Chemotherapy of tuberculosis, leprosy, fungal diseases, viral diseases, HIV and AIDS, urinary tract infections and sexually transmitted diseases, malaria, amoebiasis and other protozoal infections and Anthelmentics. Chemotherapy of malignancy and immunosuppressive
agents. Principles of Toxicology, Basic Concepts of Pharmacotherapy.

Pharmacognosy
Sources of Drugs: Biological, marine, mineral and plant tissue cultures as sources of drugs; Classification of Drugs: Morphological, taxonomical, chemical and pharmacological classification of drugs; Study of medicinally important plants belonging to the families with special reference to: Apocynacae, Solanaceae, Rutacease, Umbelliferae, Leguminosae, Rubiaceae, Liliaceae, Graminae,
Labiatae, Cruciferae, Papaveraceae; Cultivation, Collection, Processing and Storage of Crude Drugs: Factors influencing cultivation of medicinal plants, Types of soils and fertilizers of common use. Quality Control of Crude Drugs: Adulteration of crude drugs and their detection by organoleptic, microscopic, physical, chemical and biological methods and properties. Introduction to Active Constituents of Drugs: Their isolation, classification and properties. Systematic pharmacognostic study of carbohydrates and derived products, Lipids, Resins, tannins, volatile oils, Fibers, glycoside containing drugs, alkaloid containing drugs.General Techniques of Biosynthetic Studies and Basic Metabolic Pathways/Biogenesis, Plant Tissue
Culture, Marine pharmacognosy, Natural allergens and photosensitizing agents and fungal toxins.Herbs as health foods. Herbal cosmetics. Standardization and quality control of herbal drugs, WHO guidelines for the standardization of herbal drugs.

Contact Details:
Birla Institute of Technology and Science
Pilani Campus, Vidya Vihar, Pilani, Rajasthan 333031
Phone: 01596 245 073