Pharmaceutics One-Liners – Set 5

May 7, 2023523 views 15 Points By Diksha Bhatla

These Pharmaceutics one-liners make it easier for students to revise quickly and remember important points for exams.

Insertion or grafting of a biological, living, inert, or radioactive material into the body.

implantation

Specific case of drug embedding in insoluble excipients (typically in a polymer) in order to achieve extended release.

matrix formulation

Small sterile usually polymeric matrices, pellets, or particles for insertion or implanting into the body by surgical means or by injection to help achieve sustained release.

implants

Emulsions in which the dispersed droplets are in the micron-size range. 

microemulsions

Number that expresses the reduction in the numbers of a microorganism, brought about by a sterilizaion process.

inactivation factor (IF)

Formation of microparticles encapsulating a drug.

microencapsulation

Reversible formation of association colloids from surfactants in nonpolar solvents leads to aggregates termed inverted (or inverse, reverse, or reversed) micelles.

inverted micelle

A Solid spherical particles of micron-size range, used as matrix dosage forms.

microsphere

Artificial spherical lipid bilayer droplet formed mainly from phospholipids having a core of water phase, small enough to form a relatively stable dispersion in aqueous media and with potential use in drug delivery. 

liposome

#10

Concentration of a drug that must be achieved in the plasma before any desired therapeutic or pharmacological effect can be obtained.

minimum effective plasma concentration

#11

Initial, typically larger than the maintenance dose of a drug given to a patient at the start of pharmacotherapy.

loading dose

#12

Lowest concentration of an antibacterial drug necessary to inhibit the growth of a microorganism.

minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) 

#13

Tablet, which does not contain a disintegrant and which is sucked to dissolve in the mouth to produce either a local (e.g., antiseptic) or systemic (e.g., vitamins) effect.

lozenge

#14

Release of a drug from a dosage form that it is not immediate

modified release

#15

Used as processing aid in tablet and capsule manufacturing, to facilitate the movement of the formulation into the dye and punch and to reduce the energy of compression.

lubricant