The course gives the theoretical principles and the practical knowhow for the analysis of drugs and for the control of their quality by means of the classical procedures as well as the currently used chromatographyc tecniques.
The students are encouraged to integrate the below suggested textbooks with the available notes before attending both the teaching and lab courses and to integrate them with the material taught.
All slides shown are available at: http://e-l.unifi.it/
Texbooks:
D.C. Harris: Chimica analitica quantitativa, Zanichelli editore.
D.C. Harris: Elementi di chimica analitica, Zanichelli editore.
R. Cozzi, P. Protti, T. Ruaro: Elementi di Analisi Chimica Strumentale,
Zanichelli editore.
Learning Objectives - Last names A-L
By means of the teaching as well as the lab courses the students are expected to gain appropriate skills usefull to carry out the purification and the analysis of molecules of synthetic or natural origin obtained from various sources.
Prerequisites - Last names A-L
Student wishing to take the exam are needed to succesfully pass all the exams listed in the first year as well as Analysis of Drugs II- III.
Teaching Methods - Last names A-L
The course consists of theorical teaching lessons (4 CFU) and a lab practical course (5 CFU). All student need to hand out a written final report at the end of every lab section.
Further information - Last names A-L
The students are welcome for any clarification and strongly encouraged to get in contact to
Prof. Claudiu T. Supuran
Email: claudiu.supuran@unifi.it
Dipartimento di NEUROFARBA, Sezione di Farmaceutica e Nutraceutica
Via U. Schiff 6
50019 Sesto F.no - Firenze
Tel. 055-4573729
Type of Assessment - Last names A-L
Students are required to attend not less than 90% of the total hours.
The final exam will in the form of a written assignment intended to determine the acquired knowledge. Tests will be also carried out during the lab courses.
The final mark will be the average of the final exam assignment and the lab tests carried out during the course.
Students need to book for the final exam on-line.
Course program - Last names A-L
Extraction: supercritical fluids extraction, Soxhlet method (SFE), accelerated extraction (ASE), microwave assisted solvent extraction (MASE), liquid-liquid extraction (LLE) and extraction of organic acids and bases.
Extraction with solid phases, steps in the SPE.
Extraction Methods: method in batch and in column.
Solid Phase Microextraction (SPME).
Spectroscopic methods.
Spectroscopic methods: emission, absorption, fluorescence and phosphorescence. Atomic and molecular spectra.
Spectroscopic methods: IR.
Harmonic oscillator model, Boltzmann statistical distribution. Parameters of the absorption bands: frequency, intensity and form.
Spectrophotometers, interference and FT. Methods to prepare samples. IR Applications. Advantages and limitations.