This is an important, completely updated, authentic and easy to read book on Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940 and Rules, 1945, for undergraduate and postgraduate students in pharmaceutical sciences, pharmacists, formulators, marketers and personnel in manufacturing, marketing and laboratory practice.
This book is primarily intended to serve as textbook for an introductory course in Pharmaceutical Jurisprudence. The book is targeted to the undergraduate and postgraduate students. It provides the information in a lucid, condensed and cohesive form, to cater specifically the needs of undergraduate students of pharmacy.
With the increased popularity of alternative medicine, quality assurance and testing methods for alternative medicinal products has moved to the forefront of the field. And although regulation of these products varies from country to country, universally they are required satisfy the same quality requirements as the medicines used in allopathy. Filling the need for an authoritative resource, German Homoeopathic Pharmacopoeia contains monographs covering homoeopathic products and their related analytical and manufacturing techniques. Each monograph is uniformly structured supplying, where applicable: Origin Description Characteristics Identification Purity Tests Assays Basic dosage forms Manufacture Storage Completely revised and updated, the volumes put the latest information within easy reach. An extensive collection of manufacturing and testing techniques, German Homoeopathic Pharmacopoeia establishes standards to ensure the pharmaceutical quality and safety of homoeopathic medicinal products.
This open access book presents recent advances in the pure sciences that are of significance in the quest for alternatives to the use of animals in research and describes a variety of practical applications of the three key guiding principles for the more ethical use of animals in experiments – replacement, reduction, and refinement, collectively known as the 3Rs. Important examples from across the world of implementation of the 3Rs in the testing of cosmetics, chemicals, pesticides, and biologics, including vaccines, are described, with additional information on relevant regulations. The coverage also encompasses emerging approaches to alternative tests and the 3Rs. The book is based on the most informative contributions delivered at the Asian Congress 2016 on Alternatives and Animal Use in the Life Sciences. It will be of value for those working in R&D, for graduate students, and for educators in various fields, including the pharmaceutical and cosmetic sciences, pharmacology, toxicology, and animal welfare. The free, open access distribution of Alternatives to Animal Testing is enabled by the Creative Commons Attribution license in International version 4: CC BY 4.0.
This Book Is Written Mainly With The Medical Undergraduate In Mind, But Should Also Prove To Be A Useful Reference For Postgraduate Students And Practitioners. Both The Theory And Practice Of Forensic Medicine And Clinical Toxicology Have Been Given Case Perspectives. Detailed References Have Been Provided At The End Of Each Chapter.
The third edition of the unparalleled reference on natural ingredients and their commercial use This new Third Edition of Leung's Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients: Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics arrives in the wake of the huge wave of interest in dietary supplements and herbal medicine resulting from both trends in health and the Dietary Supplement and Health Education Act of 1994 (DSHEA). This fully updated and revised text includes the most recent research findings on a wide variety of ingredients, giving readers a single source for understanding and working with natural ingredients. The Encyclopedia continues the successful format for entries listed in earlier editions (consisting of source, description, chemical composition, pharmacology, uses, commercial preparations, regulatory status, and references). The text also features an easily accessible alphabetical presentation of the entries according to common names, with the index cross-referencing entries according to scientific names. This Third Edition also features: More than 50 percent more information than the Second Edition, reflecting the greatly increased research activity in recent years A new section on traditional Indian medicine, with information on nine commonly used herbs More than 6,500 references Two new appendices explaining and illustrating the botanical terminology frequently encountered in the text A revised and expanded index Leung's Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients: Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, Third Edition will continue to provide a comprehensive compilation of the existing literature and prominent findings on natural ingredients to readers with an interest in medicine, nutrition, and cosmetics.
