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11438 - Drug Analysis II (GR.B)

Academic Year 2018/2019

                
                        Docente:
                        Anna Minarini
                    
                        Credits:
                        7
                    
                        Language:
                        Italian
                    
                        Teaching Mode:
                        In-person learning (entirely or partially)
                        
                            Campus:
                            Bologna
                        
                            Corso:
                            Single cycle degree programme (LMCU) in
                            Pharmacy (cod. 8413)

                            Teaching resources on Virtuale

Learning outcomes

The student will learn the principal spectroscopic and chemical methods for the identification of drugs listed in Eur. Pharmacopoeia.

Course contents

1) Functional groups: physical, spectroscopic and chemical properties.
2) Methods of analysis for the identification of drugs: characters, solubility, elemental analysis, boiling point, melting point, density, refractive index, optical rotation, infrared spectrometry (IR), nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometry (NMR). Spectra-structure relationship.
3) Methods of purification and separation: distillation, extraction.
The lessons are supplied by individual practical laboratory classes with final examination

Readings/Bibliography

Principi di Analisi Farmaceutica. V. Cavrini, V. Andrisano. Esculapio Editore

Teaching methods

The lessons are supplied by individual practical laboratory classes with final examination.

Assessment methods

Laboratory practical examination and oral tests.

Office hours

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