Martin's physical pharmacy and pharmaceutical sciences : physical chemical and biopharmaceutical principles in the pharmaceutical sciences.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Interpretive tools -- States of matter -- Thermodynamics -- Determination of the physical properties of molecules -- Nonelectrolytes -- Electrolyte solutions -- Ionic equilibria -- Buffered and isotonic solutions -- Solubility and distribution phenomena -- Complexation and protein binding -- Diffusion -- Biopharmaceutics -- Drug release and dissolution -- Chemical kinetics and stability -- Interfacial phenomena -- Colloidal dispersions -- Coarse dispersions -- Micromeritics -- Rheology -- Pharmaceutical polymers -- Pharmaceutical biotechnology -- Oral solid dosage forms -- Drug dynamics and targeting.