Pharmacy AICTE GPAT 2017 Syllabus with PDF

 
GPAT Syllabus is very vast. GPAT 2017 examination for admission to M.PHARM programme will be held on 28 January 2017 by AICTE. About 25000 Students appear in this exam each year.
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Introduction to Physical pharmacy
 Matter, Properties of Matter
 Micromeretics and Powder Rheology
 Surface and Interfacial Phenomenon
 Viscosity and Rheology
 Dispersion Systems
 Complexation
 Kinetics and Drug Stability
Importance of microbiology in pharmacy
 Structure of bacterial cell; Classification of microbes and their taxonomy:
 Identification of Microbes:
 Control of microbes by physical and chemical methods:
 Sterilization:
 Immunology and Immunological Preparations:
 Genetic Recombination:
 Antibiotics

Introduction to pharmaceutical jurisprudence & ethics
 Pharmaceutical Legislations:
 An elaborate study of Acts
 A brief study of the Acts
A brief study of the various Prescription/Non-prescription Products. Medical/Surgical accessories,
diagnostic aids, appliances available in the market.
Introduction to dispensing and community pharmacy
 Prescription:
 Principles involved and procedures adopted in dispensing of:
 Incompatibilities:
 Community Pharmacy:
 Organization and Structure of hospital pharmacy:
 Hospital Formulary:
 Drug Store Management and Inventory Control:
 Drug distribution Systems in Hospitals:
 Central Sterile Supply Unit and their Management:
 Manufacture of Sterile and Non-sterile Products:
 Drug Information Services:
 Records and Reports:
 Pharmacoepidemiology:
 Nuclear Pharmacy:
Importance of unit operations in manufacturing, Stoichiometry:
 Unit processes
 Fluid Flow:
 Heattransfer:
 Evaporation:
 Distillation:
 Drying:
 Size Reduction:
 Mixing:
 Filtration and Centrifugation:
 Crystallization:
 Dehumidification and Humidity Control:
 Refrigeration and Air Conditioning:
 Material of Construction:
 Material Handling Systems:
 Corrosion:
 Plant location:
 Industrial Hazards and Safety Precautions:
 Automated Process Control Systems
Dosages Forms, designing & evaluation
 Liquid Dosages Forms:
 Semisolid Dosage Forms:
 Suppositories:
 Extraction and Galenical Products:
 Blood Products and Plasma Substitutes:
 Pharmaceutical Aerosols:
 Ophthalmic Preparations:
 Cosmeticology and Cosmetic Preparations:
 Capsules:
 Micro-encapsulation:
 Tablets:
 Coating of Tablets:
 Parenteral Products:
 Surgical products:
 Packaging of Pharmaceutical Products:
 Designing of dosage forms:
 Performance evaluation methods:
Biopharmaceutics & Pharmacokinetics
 Introduction to biopharmaceutics:
 Pharmacokinetics:
 Clinical Pharmacokinetics:
 Bioavailability and bioequivalence

Inorganic pharmaceutical & medicinal chemistry
 Importance of inorganic compoundsin pharmacy and medicine
 Gastrointestinal Agents:
 Major Intra- and Extra-cellular Electrolytes:
 Essential and Trace Elements:
 Topical Agents:
 Gases and Vapors:
 Dental Products:
 Miscellaneous Agents:
 Pharmaceutical Aids Used in Pharmaceutical Industry

Physical Chemistry and its importance in pharmacy
 Acids, Bases and Buffers:
 Inorganic Radiopharmaceuticals:
 Importance of basic fundamentals of physical chemistry in pharmacy:
 The Liquid State:
 Solutions:
 Thermodynamics:
 Thermochemical equations; Phase rule; Adsorption:
 Photochemistry:
 Kinetics:
 Quantum Mechanics:
Organic Chemistry and its importance in pharmacy
 Importance of fundamentals of organic chemistry in pharmaceutical
 Stereochemistry:
 Stereoselective and stereospecific reactions; Structure, Nomenclature,Preparation and Reactions
 Nucleophilic and Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution Reactions:
 Elimination reactions; Conservation of Orbital Symmetry and Rules:
 Neighboring group effects; Catalysis by transition metal complexes;Heterocyclic Compounds:

Biochemistry
 Biochemistry in pharmaceuticalsciences:
 Enzymes:
 Co-enzymes:
 The Citric Acid Cycle:
 Lipids Metabolism:
 Biological Oxidation:
 Metabolism of ammonia and nitrogen containing monomers:
 Purine biosynthesis:
 Biosynthesis of Nucleic Acids:
 Mutation:
 Genetic Code and Protein Synthesis:
Medicinal Chemistry
 Basic Principles:
 Drug metabolism and Concept of Prodrugs; Principles of Drug Design(Theoretical Aspects):
 Synthetic Procedures, Mode of Action, Uses, Structure Activity Relationships including Physicochemical Properties of the Classes of Drugs:
 Autacoids:
 Steroidal Drugs:
 Drugs acting on the central nervous system:
 Diuretics; Cardiovascular drugs:
 Thyroid and Anti thyroid drugs; Insulin and oral hypoglycemic agents:Chemotherapeutic Agents used in bacterial, fungal, viral, protozoal, parasitic and other infections.Pharmaceutical Aids.
 Microbial Transformations:
 Enzyme Immobilization:

Pharmaceutical Analysis
 Different techniques of pharmaceutical analysis, Preliminaries and definitions:
 Fundamentals of volumetric analysis:
 Acid Base Titrations:
 Oxidation Reduction Titrations:
 Precipitation Titrations:
 Gravimetric Analysis:
 Non-aqueous titrations:
 Complexometric titrations:
 Miscellaneous Methods of Analysis:
 Extraction procedures including separation of drugs from excipients
 Conductometry:
 Coulometry:
 Polarography:
 Amperometry:
 Chromatography:
 The Theoretical Aspects, Basic Instrumentation, Elements of Interpretation of Spectra, and Applications (quantitative and qualitative) of the Analytical Techniques:
 Quality assurance:

 Pathophysiology of common diseases; Basic Principles of Cell Injury and Adaptations:
 Basic Mechanisms involved in the process of inflammation and repair:
 Immunopathophysiology
 Pathophysiology of Common Diseases
 Fundamentals of general pharmacology
 Pharmacology of Peripheral Nervous System
 Pharmacology of Central Nervous System
 Pharmacology of Cardiovascular System
 Drugs Acting on the Hemopoietic System
 Drugs acting on urinary system
 Autacoids
 Drugs Acting on the Respiratory System
 Drugs acting on the Gastrointestinal Tract
 Pharmacology of Endocrine System
 Chemotherapy
 Principles of Toxicology
 Basic Concepts of Pharmacotherapy
 Important Disorders of Organs, Systems and their Management: Cardio-vascular disorders
 CNS Disorders:
 Respiratory disease
 Gastrointestinal Disorders
 Endocrine Disorders
 Infectious Diseases ,HematopoieticDisorders- Anemias,
 Joint and Connective tissue disorders.
 Neoplastic Diseases . Therapeutic Drug Monitoring, Concept of Essential Drugsand Rational Drug use.

 Sources of Drugs:
 Classification of Drugs:
 Study of medicinally important plants belonging to the families
 Cultivation, Collection, Processing and Storage of Crude Drugs
 Quality Control of Crude Drugs
 Introduction to Active Constituents of Drugs
Systematic Pharmacognostic study of the followings:
 Carbohydrates and derived products
 Lipids
 Resins
 Tannins
 VolatileOils
 Phytochemical Screening
 Fibers
GLYCOSIDE CONTAINING DRUGS:
 Saponins
 Cardioactive glycosides
 Anthraquinone cathartics
 Others
ALKALOID CONTAINING DRUGS:
 Pyridine-piperidine
 Tropane
 Quinoline and Isoquinoline
 Indole
 Imidazole
 Steroidal
 Alkaloidal Amine
 Glycoalkaloid
 Purines
Studies of Traditional Drugs:
General Techniques of Biosynthetic Studies and Basic Metabolic Pathways/
Biogenesis:
Brief introduction to biogenesis ofsecondary metabolites of pharmaceutical importance.
 Terpenes
 Carotenoids
 Glycosides
 Alkaloids
 Lignans, quassanoids and flavonoids. Role of plant-based drugs on National economy
A brief account of plant based industries and institutions involved in work on medicinal and aromatic plants in India. Utilization and production of phyto-constituents
Utilization of aromatic plants and derived products
World-wide trade in medicinal plants and derived products
 Plant Tissue Culture:
 Marine pharmacognosy:
Natural allergens and photosensitizing agents and fungal toxins. Herbs as health foods. Herbal cosmetics.
Standardization and quality control of herbal drugs, WHO guidelines for the standardization of herbal drugs

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