Area: |
School of Pharmacy |
Credits: |
50.0 |
Contact Hours: |
4.5 |
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** The tuition pattern below provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. For more precise information please check your unit outline. ** |
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Lecture: |
1 x 2.25 Hours Weekly |
Tutorial: |
1 x 1 Hours Monthly |
Laboratory: |
16 x 3 Hours Yearly |
Prerequisite(s): |
7024 (v.5) Chemistry 122 or any previous version
AND
12935 (v.2) Pharmaceutics 100 or any previous version
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Syllabus: |
Spectrophotometric analytical techniques. The concepts of pH, pKa and ionisation and their application in a pharmaceutical context. Reaction orders and reaction kinetics. Stereochemistry. Functional group chemistry, chemistry of carbohydrates, proteins, lipids, terpenes, steroids, vitamins, prostaglandins, thromboxanes and leukotrienes. Synthetic polymers. Drug - receptor interactions. Important pharmaceutical-chemical laboratory techniques. |
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** To ensure that the most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes appears, they will be provided in your unit outline prior to commencement. ** |
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Field of Education: |
60500 Pharmacy (Narrow Grouping) |
HECS Band (if applicable): |
2 |
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Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information: |
Informational |
Result Type: |
Grade/Mark |
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Availability |
Year |
Location |
Period |
Internal |
Area External |
Central External |
2004 |
Bentley Campus |
Full Year |
Y |
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Area External |
refers to external course/units run by the School or Department, offered online or through Web CT, or offered by research. |
Central External | refers to external course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area |
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