Handbook of Excipients
The Handbook of Pharmaceutical Excipients is internationally recognised as the world s most authoritative source of information on pharmaceutical excipients.
It is the definitive comprehensive guide to uses, properties and safety of excipients providing scientists and researchers with a one stop resource when researching an excipient. All of the 400+ monographs are also thoroughly cross-referenced and indexed to allow their identification by chemical, non-proprietary or trade names.
Extensive content updates in the new edition include:
- Over 420 fully referenced excipient monographs, many including IR, Raman, and NIR spectra
- 13 new monographs including several amino acids and hydrated silicon dioxide
- 250 existing monographs reviewed
- New chapters providing support to the formulator, such as excipient selection for orally inhaled and also injectable formulations.
Unique Benefits
- The world s authoritative source of information on pharmaceutical excipients
- International Scope: Recognized globally as the authority on the uses, properties and safety of excipients.
- Written by over 170 expert pharmaceutical scientists
- One stop resource when researching an excipient
Contents
- Biological Effects of Pharmaceutical Excipients
- The Selection of Excipients for Injectable Formulations
- The Selection of Excipients for Orally Inhaled Dosage Forms
- The History of Excipients
- The Use of Counterions and Coformers in the Creation of Salt and Co-Crystal forms of Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (APIs)
- Over 420 Monographs benefiting from a standardized, easy-to-use template including:
- Pharmacopoeial information from the UK, Europe, Japan and the United States where relevant
- non-proprietary names and synonyms
- chemical name and structure, CAS Registry number, empirical formula, molecular weight
- functional category, applications and incompatibilities
- material description and typical excipient properties
- safety, stability, storage and handling information
- method of drug manufacture
- related substances
- primary references
- editorial comments
- author details and revision date