Saturday 25 February 2012

GPAT Reading Books list


Pharmaceutics:
 Lachman – chapter 1 to 7 are important. Chapter 8, 11 – 22 are to be done from this
Tables on page number are important – 27, 37,44,98,151,165,174,321,357
(only ingredients),416 (onlyingredients),419,434,453,463,467,508,514,515518,521,522,
551570 (names only), 621,631, 634, 642, 646 (tricky question like most
permeable can be asked), 648.
 Martin –
if you read Subramanyam whole, then do chapter 1, and last 2 chapters (biomaterials and delivery systems from it.)
 Brahmankar – whole book, read units of various parameters. CDDS. Remember various release models.
 Cosmetics - remember only general things from B. M. Mitthal.
 R. M mehta – Posology, calculations are important.
 Cooper-gun – read method for sterilization of various injections given at the end of book.Containers, surgical instruments and sterilization at least see if u get time.
 Extra – stability testing, ICH guidelines, drug approval process like NDA, ANDA, O
RANGE BOOK.
 Intellectual property rights (NIPER only).
 What is being studied in niper is also asked.
 Gmp guidelines.


Pharmacology:
 Rang and dale remains the standard book for GPAT/NIPER.
(do all important tables from it.)
 K.D TRIPATHI – see heamatology, cancer, antibiotics, disinfectants and vaccines from it.
 See adverse drug reactions from ROGER-WALKER book.
 Clical trials.
 Pharmacological classification from KDT only.

Medicinal chemistry:
 Wilson – read only following things:
 Structures of important drugs(s) and their starting material.(sm)
important SAR related point:
E:g position responsible for acid instability of erythromycin. No of isomers for particular drug.
Active isomer. Group responsible for activity of drug.
Which class drug belongs (chemical class, not pharmacological. Pharmacological class from K.D TRIPATHI only)
Steroid chapter is very important.
Iupac you can see of above drugs from Harkishan Singh book.just see the structure u will notice how iupac is given..for some of above drugs IUPAC mIght be complex and lengthy ornot found just leave it.
 Bioisosterism .
 QSAR – From FOYE/SN PANDYA.
 COMPFA like softwares.(NIPER) –
 IUPAC from Harkishan Singh book only.

Pharmacognosy:
 Kokate remains the standard book.
 Whole book.
B.s, c.c, synonym, use, adulterant, chemical test, substitute, structure (of imp drugs)
If there are less adulterants or less info about adulterants in Kokate see Trease and Evans for further.
Earlier chapters general introduction are important from Kokate.
 Trease-Kvans -see flavonoids and quality control chapter from it.
 Who guidelines – Kokate is good but with limited information. See other book.
 Caretenoids – Agrawal is good book. Remember only no of double bonds, structure, use.
 Biochemical pathways – remember starting points.
 Amino acids from which alkaloids are derived are to be remembered E:g tropane alkaloids from ornithine.
 Microscopy of following drugs:
 Read Khandelwall book other then above microscopies full.

Organic chemistry :
 Read only name reactions: Hoffman rearrangement etc
 Morrison/Boyd
 Stereochemistry
 Various catalyst from M/M E:g lindlar catalyst,wilkinson catalyst
 General concepts from – M/M
 Glossary of M/M

Inorganic chemistry:
 Bahl and Tuli only –thermodynamic and nuclear pharmacy chapters are very important.
Other chapters are also important.
 Chatwal –
remember only common names of compounds and their use and water for injection limits.

Microbiology :
 Only Kokare (whole book) is enough. For microbiological tests see INAMDAR.
 Vaccines read from it and also ip.
 Something from Tortora (For Niper – we will say later).
 Diagnostic tests.

Biochemistry :
 Satyanarayan is enough:
Do chapters 1 to 7 and metabolism chapters. Do all important tables.
 Biochemical teats (from R.K. GOYAL - available in GUJARAT only others students
should see SATYANARAYAN AND KALE BOOK)
 Fermentation causing microorganism from inamdar.

Pharma analysis:
 MASS – SILVERSTEIN, KASTURE, RAVISHANKAR.
 Nmr – RAVISHANKAR,KASTURE, KEMP. (NIPER – PAVIA)
 UV, IR – RAVISHANKAR, KASTURE, CHATWAL/YR SHARMA.
 AAS/FLAME PHOTOMETRY/FLUORIMETRY – RAVISHANKAR,KASTURE.
 GRAVIMETRY/REDOX/ACID- BASE/POALRIMETRY/POLAROGRAPHY/
CONDUCTOMETRY/ AMPEROMETRY /ETC– RAVISHANKAR KASTURE.
 CALCULATIONS - UNDERWOOD.
 DSC/DTA/TGA – MARTIN, REMINGTON,
 KARL-FISCHER/KJELDAHL/CAURIUS/DUMAS etc determination methods -
bahl and bahl or any other book.
 Assays- KASTURE OR RAVISHANKAR.
 See analysis part from /REMINGTON also.
 Circular dichromism.
 Chromatography – RAVISHANKAR/KASTURE.

Jurispudence
 Gk jani/ kuchekar.
 Read important years.
 D and c act
 Schedules
 Form numbers
 Members
 Place of various institutes. 

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