Organic chemistry of drug degradation /

"The vast majority of drugs are organic molecular entities. A clear understanding of the organic chemistry of drug degradation is essential to maintaining the stability, efficacy, and safety of a drug product throughout its shelf-life. During analytical method development, stability testing, an...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Li, Min, 1962-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: Cambridge, U.K. : RSC Publishing, [2012]
Series:RSC drug discovery series ; no. 29.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction; Hydrolytic Degradation; Oxidative Degradation; Various Types and Mechanisms of Degradation Reactions; Drug-Excipient Interactions and Adduct Formation; Photochemical Degradation; Chemical Degradation of Biological Drugs; Strategies for Elucidation of Degradant Structures and Degradation Pathways; Control of Drug Degradation; Subject index