Most of the oral dosage forms possess several physiological limitations such as variable gastrointestinal transit because of variable gastric emptying leading to non-uniform absorption profiles, incomplete drug release and shorter residence time of the dosage form in the stomach. This leads to incomplete absorption of drugs having absorption window especially in the upper part of the small intestine, as once the drug passes down the absorption site, the remaining quantity goes unabsorbed.Since many drugs are well absorbed in the upper part of the gastrointestinal tract, such high variability...

"A Concise textbook of Community Pharmacy" is an essential guide for the community pharmacist for providing the relevant information in an easily digestible form. Community pharmacists play an important role in any country as they take responsibility for patient's medicine related needs for access to healthcare. Rather than an exhaustive treatment, the book provides a concise introduction of the various topics of the community pharmacy practice. This book may serve as text book of pharmacy students of various universities as the selected topic forms an important part of the curricula of their...

The book "Fundamentals of Pharmaceutical microbiology" cover all the aspects of Microbiology which impact directly upon the development, production and use of pharmaceutical compounds. The book is a useful guide for the pharmaceutical sector and represents an unparalleled and unprecedented text in the field of pharmaceutical microbiology.This book provides the basics as well as new ideas in Pharmaceutical Microbiology in a narrative and lucid style. While writing this book care has been taken to cover all the syllabus and aspect of the pharmaceutical microbiology taught in the various...