Pharmaceutics One-Liners – Set 7

May 11, 2023549 views 15 Points By Diksha Bhatla

This post contains simple and useful Pharmaceutics one-liners to help pharmacy students revise quickly. These points make exam preparation easier for both B.Pharm and D.Pharm learners.

Chemically modified form of a pharmacologically active compound that has to undergo biochemical or chemical transformation before exhibiting its pharmacological effect.

prodrug

Process that differentiates or separates solid particles according to their size using a meshed or perfo- rated device.

sieving

Different crystalline form of a solvated compound that differ in the identity and/or the stoichiometry of the solvating molecule.

pseudopolymorph

Method by which powder particles are compressed into a large tablet, called a slug, which is subse- quently dry-screened and compressed into a tablet.

slugging

Measure of the fraction of a given drug that is absorbed intact into the systemic circulation from a dosage form, relative to a recognized, clinically proven, standard dosage form of that drug.

relative bioavailability

A fluid colloidal dispersion of a solid in a liquid. 

sol

Dosage form, semi-solid, used for the administration of drugs via the rectal route, for systemic or local effect.

Transition of a suspension of solid, usually colloid, particles in a liquid (sol) to an apparent solid, jelly- like material 

sol-gel transition

Usually small, flat, and soft tablets, which are designed to be placed under the tongue to allow direct absorption of the active ingredient through the mucosa for systemic effect.

sublingual tablets

#10

Additives making a substance soluble or more soluble, especially in water.

solubilizing agents

#11

Destruction or removal of microorganisms in or about an object, e.g., by steam, chemical agents (alcohol, phenol, ethylene oxide gas), high-velocity electron bombardment, gamma or ultraviolet light radiation or filtration.

sterilization

#12

Crystalline form of a compound in which one or more solvent molecules are part of the crystal strucure. 

solvate

#13

Condition of being aseptic, or statistically free from living microorganisms and their spores.

sterility

#14

Process of making dense, spherical pellets by means of special spheronizing or pelletizing equipment.

spheronization

#15

Scaffold placed into narrowed, diseased vessels (mainly coronary arteries) or a device implanted in a vessel used to help keep it open. 