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Time required to achieve the minimum effective plasma concentration following administration of the dosage form.
Pharmaceutics Pharmacist Competitive Exams
Q. Time required to achieve the minimum effective plasma concentration following administration of the dosage form.
Ans → onset of drug action
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Ans → moistening agents
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Ans → multi compartment formulation
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Ans → multilayer tablet
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Ans → nebulizer
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Ans → ointment
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Q. Kinetic model, where the whole body is thought of as a single compartment in which a substance is dis- tributed rapidly, achieving an equilibrium between blood and tissue immediately.
Ans → one-compartment model
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Q. Time required to achieve the minimum effective plasma concentration following administration of the dosage form.
Ans → onset of drug action
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Q. Process of agglomeration that converts fine powders or granules of bulk drugs and excipients into small, free-flowing, spherical, or semi-spherical units, referred to as pellets.
Ans → pelletization
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Ans → pharmaceutics
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Ans → polymorph
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Ans → polymorphic transition
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Q. Existence of two or more different crystal structures for the same compound.
Ans → polymorphism
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Q. Defined for powders used pharmaceutically, according to particle sizes.
Ans → powder grades
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Q. Dry solid material consisting of many, usually free flowing, fine particles.
Ans → powder
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Ans → log phase
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Ans → Acetyl CoA and propionyl CoA
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Ans → deflocculation
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Ans → interference
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Ans → nebulizer
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Ans → membrane filtration technique
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Ans → Electrophoresis
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Ans → microaerophile
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Ans → incubation period
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Ans → Phosphodiester bridges
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Ans → biological half life
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Ans → minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC)
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Ans → human papillomavirus (HPV)
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Ans → liposome
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