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Process of enclosing a drug in a (micro or nano) particle (capsule, liposome, polymer).
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Q. Process of enclosing a drug in a (micro or nano) particle (capsule, liposome, polymer).
Ans → encapsulation
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Q. The process of separating the lighter particles of a powder from the heavier ones by means of an up- ward-directed stream of fluid (gas or liquid).
Ans → elutriation
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Q. Technological process, which consists of mixing or inclusion of the therapeutic substance with an excipient or their mixtures,
Ans → embedding
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Q. Process of enclosing a drug in a (micro or nano) particle (capsule, liposome, polymer).
Ans → encapsulation
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Q. Non-fluid colloidal network or polymer network that is expanded throughout its whole volume by a fluid.
Ans → gel
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Q. Solutions (aqueous or oily), emulsions, or suspensions for rectal administration of medicaments for cleansing, diagnostic, or therapeutic purposes.
Ans → enemas
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Q. Used on tablets, granules, pellets, and capsules to make them resistant to gastric fluids but designed to disintegrate, disrupt, or dissolve when the preparation enters the duodenum.
Ans → enteric coating
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Q. Use of products containing genetic material (e.g., pDNA, antisense DNA, si RNA) to treat a disease or condition, or to modify or manipulate the expression of genetic material or to alter the biological properties of living cells.
Ans → gene therapy
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Q. Summary of operations carried out to convert a pharmacologically active compound into a dosage form suitable for administration.
Ans → formulation
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Q. Powder particles, which have been aggregated to form larger irregular particles, usually of 0.5–2 mm diameter.
Ans → granules
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Q. The Process of contact and adhesion whereby particles in dispersion form larger-size clusters.
Ans → flocculation
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Q. Process in which powder particles are made to aggregate to larger particles called granules.
Ans → granulation
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Q. An aqueous solution used for the prevention and treatment of mouth and throat infections.
Ans → gargle
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Q. Pace at which a drug along with the stomach content leaves and enters the duodenum.
Ans → gastric emptying rate
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Q. Time required for the concentration of a reactant in a given reaction to reach a value that is the arith- metic mean of its initial and final (equilibrium) values.
Ans → half life
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Q. Crystalline form of a compound in which water molecules are part of the crystal structure.
Ans → hydrate
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Q. The isomerism associated with unsaturated fatty acids
Ans → Geometric isomerism (cis-trans isomerism)
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Q. Two electrons that are not shared between atoms within a molecule.
Ans → lone pair/unshared pair
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Q. An aqueous solution used for the prevention and treatment of mouth and throat infections.
Ans → gargle
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Q. Name the term that refers to a polar molecule or portion of a molecule capable of strong attraction to water molecules
Ans → hydrophilic
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Q. A a pair of isomers which are related as mirror images of one another.
Ans → enantiomers
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Q. any of two or more hypothetical structures of resonance theory which can be written for a molecule simply by rearranging the valence electrons of the molecule.
Ans → canonical structures
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Q. Process by which energy from sunlight is absorbed by pigment molecules in photosynthetic membranes and converted into stored chemical energy in the forms of ATP and NADPH
Ans → light-dependent reaction
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Q. The process of separation of a racemate into its two enantiomers by means of some chiral agency.
Ans → resolution
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Q. Molecules that contain groups with characteristically different properties, e.g., both hydrophilic and lipophilic (hydrophobic) properties.
Ans → amphiphilic
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Q. reactions which proceed by means of a set of repeating cyclical steps, e.g. the free radical addition of hydrogen bromide to an alkene.
Ans → chain reaction
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Q. The products obtained by the action of pancreatic lipase on triacylglycerols are
Ans → 2-Acylglycerol and free fatty acids
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Q. The intermediate of citric acid cycle that is involved in heme synthesis
Ans → Succinyl CoA
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Q. Name a group of common sexually transmitted viruses that may be associated with genital warts or with cervical cancer
Ans → human papillomavirus (HPV)
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Q. Visible clumping of red blood cells that can be caused by some viruses, bacteria, and certain diseases in which antibodies
Ans → hemagglutination
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Q. Structure of protein complexes formed by the combination of several separate polypeptides or subunits
Ans → quaternary structure
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Q. Name the painless ulcer that develops at the site of infection in primary syphilis
Ans → hard chancre
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Q. The bonds in protein structure that are not broken on denaturation.
Ans → Peptide bonds
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Q. A chemical formula where electrons are represented with dots. Covalent bonds are represented with a line connecting two atoms—the line represents two electrons.
Ans → Lewis Structure
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Q. White blood cells of various types, including granulocytes, lymphocytes, and monocytes
Ans → leukocytes
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Q. Name the antibody dimer primarily found in breast milk, mucus, saliva, and tears
Ans → IgA
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Q. Relative amount of the administered dose of a drug that reaches systemic circulation from a certain dosage form in comparison to the amount that reaches the systemic circulation by iv administration
Ans → bioavailability
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Q. The process of separating the lighter particles of a powder from the heavier ones by means of an upward-directed stream of fluid
Ans → elutriation
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Q. The percentage of yield that occurred versus the theoretical yield.
Ans → percent yield
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Q. Greasy, semi-solid preparation for external application, often anhydrous, containing dissolved or dispersed medicaments.
Ans → ointment
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Q. The process by which DNA from one organism is cut and new pieces of foreign DNA from a second organism are inserted,
Ans → recombinant DNA technology
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Q. The science and study of the ways in which the pharmaceutical formulation of administered agents can influence their pharmacodynamic and pharmacokinetic behaviour.
Ans → Biopharmaceutics
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Q. Name the type of mutation involving the addition of one or more bases into a DNA sequence
Ans → insertion
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Q. When a complex is formed between a metal ion and an a ligand in solution, the equilibrium may be expressed by a constant which is related to the free energy change for the process
Ans → stability constant
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Q. Name leukocytes found in the peripheral blood that are characterized by numerous granules in the cytoplasm
Ans → granulocytes
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Q. The coenzyme directly concerned with the synthesis of biogenic amines
Ans → Pyridoxal phosphate
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Q. The granulocytes similar in origin and function to basophils, but residing in tissues
Ans → mast cells
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Q. The determination of the potency of a physical, chemical or biological agent, by means of a biological indicator
Ans → Biological Assay
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