Pharmaceutics One-Liners – Set 4

May 7, 2023554 views 15 Points By Diksha Bhatla

A collection of easy-to-understand Pharmaceutics one-liners that help pharmacy students revise important concepts in less time.

The process of separating the lighter particles of a powder from the heavier ones by means of an up- ward-directed stream of fluid (gas or liquid). 

elutriation

Technological process, which consists of mixing or inclusion of the therapeutic substance with an excipient or their mixtures,

embedding

Process of enclosing a drug in a (micro or nano) particle (capsule, liposome, polymer).

encapsulation

Non-fluid colloidal network or polymer network that is expanded throughout its whole volume by a fluid. 

gel

Solutions (aqueous or oily), emulsions, or suspensions for rectal administration of medicaments for cleansing, diagnostic, or therapeutic purposes.

enemas

Used on tablets, granules, pellets, and capsules to make them resistant to gastric fluids but designed to disintegrate, disrupt, or dissolve when the preparation enters the duodenum.

enteric coating

Use of products containing genetic material (e.g., pDNA, antisense DNA, si RNA) to treat a disease or condition, or to modify or manipulate the expression of genetic material or to alter the biological properties of living cells.

gene therapy

Summary of operations carried out to convert a pharmacologically active compound into a dosage form suitable for administration. 

formulation

Powder particles, which have been aggregated to form larger irregular particles, usually of 0.5–2 mm diameter.

granules

#10

The Process of contact and adhesion whereby particles in dispersion form larger-size clusters.

flocculation

#11

Process in which powder particles are made to aggregate to larger particles called granules. 

granulation

#12

An aqueous solution used for the prevention and treatment of mouth and throat infections.

gargle

#13

Pace at which a drug along with the stomach content leaves and enters the duodenum.

gastric emptying rate

#14

Time required for the concentration of a reactant in a given reaction to reach a value that is the arith- metic mean of its initial and final (equilibrium) values.

half life 

#15

Crystalline form of a compound in which water molecules are part of the crystal structure.

hydrate