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Pharmaceutical

Pharmaceutical chemistry, or pharmaceutical science, is the discipline concerned with the design, synthesis, analysis, formulation, and quality control of drugs and the dosage forms that deliver them. It sits at the interface of organic chemistry, analytical chemistry, and the biomedical sciences, translating active…

Curated from this journal's research 📚 12 peer-reviewed articles cited Cited 65× across the literature 🔖 ISSN 2377-2549

Overview

Pharmaceutical chemistry, or pharmaceutical science, is the discipline concerned with the design, synthesis, analysis, formulation, and quality control of drugs and the dosage forms that deliver them. It sits at the interface of organic chemistry, analytical chemistry, and the biomedical sciences, translating active pharmaceutical ingredients into safe, stable, and reproducibly manufactured medicines. A central concern is analytical quantitation: validated methods that measure drug content, purity, and degradation. High-performance liquid chromatography, often with ultraviolet detection, separates and quantifies actives in complex matrices, while spectrofluorimetry exploits native or derivatized fluorescence for sensitive assay of low-concentration analytes, and thin-layer chromatography resolves structurally related compounds and impurities. Formulation science addresses excipient selection, solubility, dissolution, and bioavailability, and stability testing characterizes how chemical and physical changes proceed over a product's shelf life. Quality control and pharmaceutical care extend these tools to release testing, regulatory compliance, and patient-centered use. Studies in this area examine chromatographic determination of statins such as atorvastatin, spectrofluorimetric quantitation of antihistamines including diphenhydramine, thin-layer separation of benzoic esters, and broader questions of pharmaceutical analysis and formulation. Collectively the field underpins both the development of new therapeutic agents and the assurance that marketed products meet rigorous standards of identity, strength, and consistency.

Research published in this journal

12 peer-reviewed articles, ranked by relevance. Each links to its DOI.

How this research is being cited

The 12 articles above have been cited 65 times in the scholarly literature. Citation data via OpenAlex and Crossref, updated Nov 2026.

A sample of recent works citing this journal's research on Pharmaceutical, linking to each citing work.

Editorial oversight

Curated from peer-reviewed research published in Journal of New Developments in Chemistry (ISSN 2377-2549).

Journal editorial board
Zhe-Sheng Chen · United States Abel Jose de Sousa Costa Vieira · Portugal Amirhassan Amiri · Iran, Islamic Republic of

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