B.

PHARM I YEAR
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Sl.No. Subjects
Hours\Week Sessional Annual
Total Exam
Marks
Marks
Marks duration(hrs)
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THEORY PAPERS:
01)
02)
03)
04)
05)
06)
07)

Dispensing & General Pharmacy 3

20
80
100
3
Pharmaceutical Inorganic Chem. 2
20
80
100
3
Analytical Chemistry
2
20
80
100
3
Pharmaceutical Organic Chem. - I 4
20
80
100
3
Biostatistics & Comp. Applications 3
20
80
100
3
Remedial Mathematics\Biology
2
20\10 80\40
100\50 3/1.5
Pharmacognosy - I
2
10
40
50
1.5
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130\120 520\480
650\600
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PRACTICAL PAPERS:
01)
02)
03)
04)
05)

Dispensing & General Pharmacy 3

20
80
100
3
Pharm.Inorganic & Anal.Chemistry 3
20
80
100
3
Pharm.Organic Chemistry-I & II 3
20
80
100
3
Remedial Biology
3
10
40
50
2
Biostatistics & Comp. Applications 3
20
80
100
3
-------------------------------------------------------Total 15
80\90
400\440 400\450
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B.PHARM - FIRST YEAR

I.T.1. DISPENSING AND GENERAL PHARMACY
(Theory)[3hrs/Week]
1.History of Pharmacy; Development of Pharmacy Education, Industries and Research.
a) Pharmacy literature: History of I.P., B.P., lU.S.P., B.P.C, and N.F. of India and
Extra Pharmacopoeia.
b) Pharmacy Ethics: Introduction to code of Ethics of Pharmacy.
2.Galenicals: Methods of preparation, storage and packing. Of Infusions, Decoctions,
Tinctures, Liquid extracts, Dry extracts, Study in detail of extraction processes, like
Maceration and Percolation.
3.Principles and various methods involved in the preparation of the following:
Solutions, Aromatic waters, Syrups, Mucilages, Spirits, Elixirs, Magmas and Glycerines.
4. Pharmaceutical calculations (only in C.G.S system): Percentage calculations,
Proportional calculations, allegation, Isotonic solutions, Proof spirits and Displacement
values.
5. Principles of dispensing: The form of prescription Handling, Pricing and Refilling of
prescription, Prescription containers, Labelling and Packing.
6. Posology: Calculation of doses and a general know-how of the doses.
7. Principles involved and procedures adopted in the dispensing of the following
classes of Pharmaceutical preparations: Mixtures, Emulsions, Powders, Lotions,
Liniments, Ointments, Creams, Pastes and jellies, Suppositories, Pessaries, Nasal
bougies, Inhalations, Eye drops, Ear drops, Throat paints and Gargles.
8. Incompatibnility: Scope, Classes of incompatibility, Correction of incompatibilities,
Handling of incompatible prescriptions pertaining to: alkaloidal incompatibility,
Incompatibility of soluble iodides, soluble salicylates and benzoates with acids, ferric
salts and alkaline substances, incompatibility causing evalution of carbondioxide of
soluble barbiturates and emulsifying agents.
I.P.1. DISPENSING AND GENERAL PHARMACY
(Practicals) [3hrs/week]
1.
Preparation involving Pharmaceutical calculations.
2.
Preparation of galenicals-Tinctures, Liquid extracts.
3.
Preperation of some solutions, Aromatic waters, syrups, Mucilayes, Elixirs,
glycerines, Magmas.
4.
Dispensing of Mixtures, Emulsions, Lotoions, Liniments, Ointments, Creams,
Pastes, Jellies, Suppositories, Ear drops, gargles and throat paints.
5.
Incompatible mixtures and their handling.
I.T.2. PHARMACEUTICAL INORGANIC CHEMISTRY

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(Theory) [2hrs/week]
A systematic study of the following pharmaceutical inorganic compounds with reference to their
preparations, properties, tests for identity and purity, pharmaceutical uses and assay methods as given in
Indian Pharmacopiea (IP).
1.

Group IA- Sodium and Potassium Compounds: Sodium acid citrate, Lithium carbonate, sodium
benzoate, sodium borate, sodium citrate, sodium chloride, sodium hydrogen sulphide, sodium
metabisulphate, sodium lauryl sulphate, sodium phosphate, sodium hydrogen phosphate, sodium
borate, sodium potassium tartrate, potassium permanganate, potassium dichromate, potassium chloride,
potassium bromide and potassium iodide.
Group-I B-copper, silver and gold compounds: Copper sulphate, silver nitrate, strong silver
proteins, mild silver proteins, oligodynamic properties of copper and silver.

2.

Group-IIA- Magnesium, Calcium and Barium Compounds: Light and heavy magnesium oxide,
magnesium hydroxide, magnesium sulphate, magnesium trisilicate, magnesium strearate, calcium
gluconate, calcium acetate, calcium pantothenate and barium sulphate.
Group-II B- Zinc and Mercury Compounds: Zinc oxide, zinc sulphate, zinc stearete, zinc
undecylenate, mercury, mercury with chalk, yellow mercuric oxide, mercurous chloride and
ammoniated mercury.

3.

Group IIIA and IIIB - Boron and Aluminium Compounds: Boric acid, aluminium hydroxide gel,
aluminium magnesium trisilicate, alum.

4.

Group IVA and IVB Compounds: Bentonite, light and heavy kaolins and kaolin poultice.

5.

Group VA and VB, Nitrogen, Antimony, and Bismuth Compounds: Strong and diluted ammonia
solutions, strong ammonium acetate solutions, aromatic spirit of ammonia, ammonium chloride,
antimony sodium tartrate, sodium antimony gluconate, bismuth subcarbonate.

6.

Group VIB- Sulphur, Selenium Compounds: Sublimated sulphur, precipitated sulphur and selenium
sulphide.

7.

Group VIIA and VIIB- Hydrogen, Oxygen and Halogen Compounds: Purified water, water for
injection, hydrogen peroxide, chlorinated lime, aqueous iodine solution and strong iodine solution.

8.

Group VIII-Iron Compounds: Ferrous sulphate, ferrous gluconate, ferric ammonium citrate, iron
and quinine citrate.

9.

The occurrence of impurities in pharmaceutical preparations: Types of impurities and limit test for
chlorides, sulphate, arsenate, lead and iron.

I.T.3. PHARMACEUTICAL ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY:

(Theory) [2Hrs/Week]
1.

Balances etc.: Different types of balances and weighing. Types of analyses, obtaining samples,
measurement of sample and types of pipettes.

2.

Computation of Analytical Results: Significant numbers, sources of errors and their rectification,
statistical traentment of data and rejection of data.

3.

Ionic Equations of solutions-Stoichiometry and Analytical Problems: Determination of noramality,

Percentage purity, Molarity, Molality and their interconversions.

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4.

Principles of Volumetrric and Gravimetric Analyses: Standardization, use of primary and

secondary standards, Acid-base concepts, common ion effect and solubility product, PH and Buffers.

5.

General principles and theory of: acidimetry, alkalimetry, oxidation-reduction methods, precipitation
methods. An account of indicators used in these titrations.

6.

Complexometric Titrations: Theory, types and applications in pharmaceutical analysis. Masking and
Demasking and its applications.

7.

Non-aqueous Titrations: Theory, types of solvents used, and applications in pharmaceutical analysis.

Application of the above methods in the analysis of drugs official in IP 1996.

I.P.2. PHARMACEUTICAL INORGANIC AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
(Practicals) [3Hrs/Week]
Detection and assay of some pharmaceutical inorganic substances
Limit tests and tests for purity

I.T.4. PHARMACEUTICAL ORGANIC CHEMISTRY - I

(Theory)[4hrs/Week]
1.Structure and Activity of Organic Molecules: Shapes of Organic molecules, Bond
lengths, Bond angles and Bond dissociation energies. Electronic effects in Organic
Molecules: Inductive effect, Electromeric or Mesomeric Effect, Hyperconjugation,
concept of resonance, Types of organic reagents and reactions.
2. A Study of Hydrocarbons:
(A)
Aliphatic/Alicyclic Hydrocarbons:
Nomenclature, Isomerism (Chain,
conformational and geometrical) Relative stabilities (Heats of Combustion and
Hydrogenation), Ring stabilities of cyclohexane, chair-boat Conformation, Bayer's strain
theory and Sachse-Mohr theory. Characteristic properties of hydrocarbons: Free radical
substitution reactions (Halogenation) of Alkanes, Selectivity of Halogen, Electrophilic
addition reactions of alkenes, Markovnikov's Rule, Kharasch effect, Bayer's Oxidation
(Cis-hydroxylation, Polymerisation. Alkadienes : 1,4 addition reactions. Acidity of 1alkynes, Formation of Metal acetylides. Stereospecific reduction of alkynes. Addition of
hydrogen halide (HCI) addition of water and keto-enol tautomerism.
(B)Aromatic Hydrocarbons:
Kekule's structure of Benzene, Bond lengths,Heats of hydrogenation and stability,
Molecular orbital picture of Benzene, Aromaticity, Huckels rule, Nomenclalture of
Benzene derivatives, characteristic reactions of Benzene, theory of reactivity and
orientation in monosubstituted benzenes.
Polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons: Nomenclature, structure and aromatic character of
Napththalene and Anthracene. Resonance structures, Electron density and reactivity.
Electrophilic substitution, Oxidation and reduction reactions.

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3. Halogen Compounds:
(A) Aliphatic: Nomenclature, positional and Conformational isomerism, two major
methods of preparation, Characteristic Nucleophilic substitution reactions, SN1 and SN2,
Walden inversion, Elimination reaction, and saytzefs rule Factors that play role.
(B) Aromatic: Nomenclaturte, Low reactivity of halobenzenes towards nucleophilic
substitution, Benzyne ion concept.
4. Hydroxy Compounds and Ethers:
(A) Alcohols: Nomenclature, classification, Two important methods of preparation,
physical properties, Hydrogen bonding, characteristic Nucleophilic substitution, reactions
(Replacement of -OH by -Cl), Elimination reactions Reimer Tiemann reaction and
Relative reactivities of 1o , 2o and 3o alcohols.
(B) Phenols: Nomenclature, Two important methods of preparation, Physical properties,
Acidity of Phenols, Stability of phenoxide ion, Reactions of Phenols, Kolbe-Schmidt
reaction stability of conjugated dienes, and Fries rearrangement.
(C) Ethers: Nomenclature, Williamson's synthesis, Action of HI on ethers(Ziesels
method).
5. Carbonyl Compounds: Nomenclature, Two important methods of preparation,
polarity of carbonyl group, Relative reactivities of carbonyl Compounds, Nucleophilic
addition and Addition-Elimination reactions, Oxidation-Reduction reactions, Aldol
condensation, Cannizzaro reaction, Benzoin Condensation, Perkins reaction,
Reformatsky reaction.
6. Carboxylic acids and their derivatives:
(A) Carboxylic acids: Nomenclature, Inter molecular association, stability of carboxylate
anion, Two important methods of preparation, Decarboxylation, functional groups
Reactions, Reduction of Carboxylic acids. A note on dicarboxylic acids.
(B) Acid derivatives: (Acid Chlorides, anhydrides, esters and amides). Nomenclature,
Reactions like hydrolysis, Reduction of estersand amides, Hofmann's degradation of
amides. Brief account of Malonic and acetoacetic esters. Their importance in synthesis.
7. Nitrogen Compounds:
(A) Amines: Nomenclature, Basicity of amines, Classification, Relative reactivity,
Hinsberg method of separation, Acylation reactions, Diazotisation and Reactions of
Diazonium salts.
I.P.3. PHARMACEUTICAL ORGANIC CHEMISTRY - I
(Practicals)[3 hrs/Week]
A. Organic Preparations: Iodoform, nitrobenzene, n-butyl acetate,
sulphanilamide, B-naphthyl methyl ether, benzoic acid, aspirin, acetanilide
and p-bromoacetanilide.
B. Identification of Mono-functional Organic Compounds: by studying their
physical properties, detection of extra elements, characteristic functional
group reactions and preparation of one of the rational derivatives. The

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following types of compounds are included for the study: Acids, phenols,
amines, aldehydes and ketones, amides, esters, hydrocarbons and
carbohydrates.
Note: Water soluble compounds should be avoided.
I.T.5. BIO-STATISTICS AND COMPUTER APPLICATIONS
(Theory)[3hrs/Week]
Section - A : Bio-statistics
2. Data collection and treatment: Significant digits and rounding of numbers, data collection,
random and non-random sampling methods, sample size, data organization, diagrammatic
representation of data, bar, pie, 2-D and 3-D diagrams, standard deviation and standard error of
means, co-efficient of variation, confidence (fiducial) limits, probability and events.
3.

Probability and Distributions: Bayers theorem, probability theorem, probability distribution,

elements of binomial and poison distribution, normal distribution curve and properties, kurtosis
and skew ness;

4.

Regression: Correlation and regression analysis, method of least squares, non-linear regression.

5.

Statistical inference: Common parametric and non-parametric tests employed in testing of

significance in biological/pharmaceutical experiments and elements of ANOVA (One way and
two way).

6.

Design of experiments: Basic concepts of CRD, RBD and Latin square designs.

7.

Sampling and Quality Control: Concept of Random sampling, statistical QC charts.

8.

Applications of statistical concepts in pharmaceutical sciences.

Section - B: Computer Applications

1.

Concept: History of computers, simple model of computer and its working parts of the computer,
CPU, memory, input/output devices, computer languages and their hierarchal machine language,
assembly language, high level language comparision of high level and low level languages
especially C, C++, PASCAL etc.,

2.

Introduction to microcomputers and concepts of operating systems: Elements of DOS, UNIX,

etc., introduction of computer networks.

3.

Database management: Spread sheets (like MS-EXCEL, ACCESS), concepts and objectives of
database and database management system, advantages and disadvantages of the database
management system and examples of DBMS packages (like DBASE III).

4.

Flow chart and algorithm development: Definition and properties of the algorithm, Flow chart
symbols and their uses, Examples of efficient algorithm and flow-chart, conversion of
algorithm/flow-chart to high-level languages.

5.

Introduction to computer programming: C language: Constant and string variables,

expressions, functions, structures, repetition statements (loops), nested loop, definite and indefinite
loop and arrays. Concepts of files. Sequential files and random access files, Simple program
writing for bio-statistical methods.

6.

Computer applications in pharmaceutical and clinical studies.

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I.P.4. BIO-STATISTICS AND COMPUTER APPLICATIONS

(Practicals)[3hrs/Week]
1.

Sample programs in C: Program to calculate simple and complex arithmetic expressions,

program using structures, program using loops and nested loops, program using functions and
simple programs using arrays.

2.

Operating systems like WINDOWS, UNIX, etc.

Software packages like MS-WORD, EXCEL, ACCESS, POWER POINT.

I.T.6. REMEDIAL MATHEMATICS
(Only for students admitted under B.P.C and D.Pharm streams)
(Theory)[2hrs/Week]
An introductory review of elementary
1.

Algebra: Arithmetic and geometric progression. Permutations and combinations. Binomial

theorem. Partial fractions. Logarithms. Matrices: types, addition, multiplication of matrices,
Determinant of second and third order. Adjoint and inverse of non-singular matrix. Application of
determinant to solve simultaneous equations by Cramer's rule.

2.

Trigonometry: Trigonometric ratios and the relation between them. Sin (AB), Cos (AB) and
Tan (AB) formulae only. Trigonometric ratios of multiuple angles. Height and distances with
simple problems only.

3.

Analytical geometry: Distance between two points,. Area of a triangle. Co-ordinates of a point
dividing a given segment in a given ration. Locus. Equation to a straight line in different forms.
Angle between straight lines. Point of intersection.

4.

Differential calculus: Continuity and limits, differentiation, derivability and deviation, RH

derivatives and LH derivatives, differential general theorems and derivation, derivatives of
trigonometric functions (including reverse trigonometric functions) logarithmic differentiation,
partial differentiation, maxima and minima (elemental).

5.

Integral calculus: Integration as reverse process of differentiation, definite integrals, integration

by substitution and by parts, integration of algebraic functions, evaluation of area and volume in
simple cases.

6.

Differential equations: Formulation and derivation, order and degree, first order and degree,
linear equation with constant co-efficience, homogeneous linear equations (first method of
solution only); simultaneous differential equations which are linear and of first order.

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I.T.6. REMEDIAL BIOLOGY

(Only for students admitted under M.P.C stream)
(Theory( [2Hrs/Week)
Section -A (Botany)
I.

Plant Cell: Its structure and living and non-living inclusions. Plant cell division. Different types
of plant tissues and their functions.

II.

Morphology and Histology of: root, stem, bark, wood, leaf, flower, fruit and seed. Modifications
of roots and stems.

III.

Plant Taxonomy : Classification, study of the following families with special reference to
medicinally important plants: Apocynaceae, Solanaceae, Umbelliferae, Labiatae, Leguminosae,
and Liliaceae.

Section - B (Zoology)
I.
II.
III.
IV.

Animal cell: Structure, living and non-living inclusions. Animal cell division. Different types of
cells and tissues, their functions.
Study of comparative anatomy of different vertebrates fish, amphibians, reptiles, aves and
mammals.
Basic study of the following systems of frog : GI, nervous, cardiovascular; genitourinary,
musculo-skeletal, respiratory systems.
Fundamentals of parasitology: Life cycles of some animal parasites that cause human disease Malarial and filarial parasites and tape worm.

I.P.5. REMEDIAL BIOLOGY

(Practicals) [3Hrs/Week)
I.
II.
III.
IV.

Study of microscopes care, use and type of microscopes.

Morphology of plant parts indicated in theory
Study of tissue arrangements in transverse section of monocot and dicot root, stem and leaf.
Systematic study of representatives of five families mentioned in theory.

V.

Study of different systems of frog and rat.

I.T.7. PHARMACOGNOSY I
(Theory) [2 hrs/week]
(I)
(II)
(III)
(IV)

(V)
(VI)

Definition, History, Scope and Development of Pharmacognosy.

Sources of natural drugs, Organized and unorganized drugs; Classification of crude drugs;
systematic description of a crude drug.
An account of biological source, chief constitutents and uses of crude drugs and biomedicinals
officinal in I.P., B.P., USP and E.P.
Cultivation, Collection, Processing and Storage of Crude Drugs: Factors influencing
cultivation of medicinal plants. Types of soils and fertilizers of common use. Pest management
and natural pest control agents. Plant hormones and their applications. Polyploidy, mutation and
hybridization with reference to medicinal plants.
Quality Control of Crude Drugs: Adulteration of crude drugs and their detection by
organoleptic, microscopic, physical, chemical and biological methods of evaluation.
An Introduction to Chemical Constituents of Drugs: Their general isolation, classification and
properties.

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