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1. Introduction to biopharmaceutics ; Medicinal plant ; Plants used in herbalism ; Parts ; Cultivation and utilization of medicinal and aromatic plants ; Cultivation and utilization of medicinal crops ; Advantages and disadvantages ; Cultivation and utilization of aromatic plants in India -- 2. Solubility, dissolution and partitioning ; Lipids ; Fixed oils ; Fats and waxes ; Volatile oils and terpenoidal drugs ; Terpenoidal drugs -- 3. Interfacial phenomena ; Natural pesticides ; Antibiotics ; Allergenic extracts -- 4. Chemical kinetics of pharmaceutics ; Tablet ; History ; Types ; Tabletting formulations ; Manufacturing ; Coated tablets ; Uncoated tablets ; Practical ; Capsules ; Single-piece gel encapsulation ("soft capsules") ; Two-piece gel encapsulation ("hard capsules) ; Manufacturing Materials -- 5. Physical properties of solution ; Pharmacy technicians ; Pharmacy as a career ; Pharmacopoeia ; Salient features of Indian pharmacopoeia ; Topical preparations ; Ointments ; Creams ; Pastes ; Gels ; Liniments and lotions ; Suppositories and pessaries ; Solutions, pH EMF and redox potentials -- 6. Matter of states ; Crystalline solids ; Amorphous solids ; Complexations ; Interfacial phenomena ; Colloidal systems, adsorption and ion exchange and chromatography ; Adsorption and ion exchange ; chromatography ; Pharmaceutical operations ; Hazardous industrial chemicals and drug-related substances ; Good automated manufacturing practice ; Validation (drug manufacture)