Frommer's Virginia by Bill Goodwin

Frommer's Virginia by Bill Goodwin

Used routinely in drug control laboratories, forensic laboratories, and as a research tool, thin layer chromatography (TLC) plays an important role in pharmaceutical drug analyses. It requires less complicated or expensive equipment than other techniques, and has the ability to be performed under field conditions. Filling the need for an up-to-date, complete reference, Thin Layer Chromatography in Drug Analysis covers the most important methods in pharmaceutical applications of TLC, namely, analysis of bulk drug material and pharmaceutical formulations, degradation studies, analysis of biological samples, optimization of the separation of drug classes, and lipophilicity estimation.
The book is divided into two parts. Part I is devoted to general topics related to TLC in the context of drug analysis, including the chemical basis of TLC, sample pleparation, the optimization of layers and mobile phases, detection and quantification, analysis of ionic compounds, and separation and analysis of chiral substances. The text addresses the newest advances in TLC instrumentation, two-dimensional TLC, quantification by slit scanning densitometry and image analysis, statistical processing of data, and various detection and identification methods. It also describes the use of TLC for solving a key issue in the drug market--the presence of substandard and counterfeit pharmaceutical products.
Part I provides an in-depth overview of a wide range of TLC applications for separation and analysis of particular drug groups. Each chapter contains an introduction about the structures and medicinal actions of the described substances and a literature review of their TLC analysis. A useful resource for chromatographers, pharmacists, analytical chemists, students, and R&D, clinical, and forensic laboratories, this book can be utilized as a manual, reference, and teaching source.

About the Author Born and raised in North Carolina, Bill Goodwin has lived in northern Virginia since 1979. He was an award-winning newspaper reporter before becoming a legal counsel and speech writer for two U.S. Senators, Sam Nunn of Georgia and the late Sam J. Ervin, Jr., of North Carolina. Now a full-time travel writer, Goodwin is the author of Frommer's South Pacific, co-author of Frommer's Florida, and editor of Frommer's USA. He also served as editor for the first edition of Frommer's America on Wheels Mid-Atlantic.

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ISBN 13	9780470175910
ISBN 10	0470175915
Title	Frommer's Virginia
Author	Bill Goodwin
Series	Frommer's Complete Guides
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	FrommerMedia
Year published	2008-04-01
Number of pages	342
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