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Green Sustainable Process for Chemical and Environmental Engineering and Science

Solvents for the Pharmaceutical Industry

  • 1st Edition - November 18, 2020
  • Latest edition
  • Editors: Inamuddin, Rajender Boddula, Mohd Imran Ahamed, Abdullah M. Asiri
  • Language: English

Green Sustainable Process for Chemical and Environmental Engineering and Science: Solvents for the Pharmaceutical Industry aims at providing a detailed overview of applic… Read more

Description

Green Sustainable Process for Chemical and Environmental Engineering and Science: Solvents for the Pharmaceutical Industry aims at providing a detailed overview of applications of green solvents in pharmaceutical industries. It also focuses on providing a detailed literature survey on the green solvents for pharmaceutical analysis, drug design, synthesis, and production, etc. It summarizes the applications of various greens solvents such as water, cyrene, vegetable oils, ionic liquids, ethyl lactate, eutectic solvents, and glycerol in contrast to toxic solvents. This book provides an overview of the use of green solvents for the sustainable and environmentally friendly development of synthetic methodologies for biomedical and pharmaceutical industries.

Key features

  • Up-to-date developments towards the development of solvents for pharmaceutical industry
  • Includes latest advances in pharmaceutical analysis and synthesis using green solvents
  • Outlines eco-friendly green solvents for medicinal applications
  • State-of-the-art overview on the exploration of green solvents for pharmaceutical industries

Readership

Graduates and post-graduates students and researchers in chemical processing, organic synthesis/pharmaceuticals

Table of contents

1. Current status of the solvents used in pharmaceutical industry

2. Green solvents for small- to large-scale drugs formulation

3. Green solvents in the biotechnology-based pharmaceutical industry supercritical fluids as solvents in pharmaceutical industry

4. Basics and green solvent parameters for pharmaceutical uses

5. Water as green solvent in pharmaceutical industry

6. Cyrene as green solvent in pharmaceutical industry

7. Vegetable oils as green solvents in pharmaceutical industry

8. Ionic liquids as green solvents in pharmaceutical industry

9. Ethyl lactate as green solvent in pharmaceutical industry

10. Eutectic solvents as green solvents in pharmaceutical industry

11. Glycerol as green solvent in pharmaceutical industry

12. Solvents for pharmaceutical synthesis

13. Green solvents for quantitative pharmaceutical analysis

14. Green solvents for qualitative pharmaceutical analysis

15. Green solvents for quality control

16. Green solvents for drugs synthesis

17. Green solvents recycling in pharmaceutical industry

18. Green solvents for bioenzymatic reactions

19. Green solvent pharmaceutical applications

20. Biosolvents as green solvents in pharmaceutical industry

21. Switchable solvents as green solvents in pharmaceutical industry

22. Commercial green solvents in pharmaceutical industries

23. Case studies of green solvents in pharmaceutical industry

24. Green solvents for medicine production and purification

25. State-of-the-art and perspectives for green solvents in pharmaceutical industry

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: November 20, 2020
  • Language: English

About the editors

I

Inamuddin

Dr. Inamuddin, is an Assistant professor at Department of Applied Chemistry, Zakir Husain College of Engineering and Technology, Faculty of Engineering and Technology, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India. He has extensive research experience in multidisciplinary fields of analytical chemistry, materials chemistry, electrochemistry, renewable energy and environmental science. He has worked on different research projects funded by various government agencies and universities and is the recipient of awards, including the Fast-Track Young Scientist Award and young researcher of the year award-2020 of the university. His current research interests include ion exchange materials, a sensor for heavy metal ions, biofuel cells, supercapacitors and bending actuators.

Affiliations and expertise
Assistant Professor, Department of Applied Chemistry, Zakir Husain College of Engineering and Technology, Faculty of Engineering and Technology, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India

RB

Rajender Boddula

Prof. Dr. Rajender Boddula currently serves as an Associate Professor, in the School of Sciences, at Woxsen University, Hyderabad, Telangana, India. He is also an Adjunct Professor, at Graphic Era Hill University, in India. He attained his MSc in Organic Chemistry, (Kakatiya University, 2008) and PhD from Kakatiya University and CSIR–Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Hyderabad, India (2014). His doctoral work focused on polyaniline-based materials for supercapacitor and catalytic applications, which laid a strong interdisciplinary foundation for his research career. Following his doctorate, Dr. Boddula pursued a distinguished postdoctoral trajectory across several major global research centers. He was awarded the Chinese Academy of Sciences President’s International Fellowship (CAS-PIFI) and conducted research at the National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, in Beijing. He further refined his expertise as a postdoctoral researcher at the National Tsing-Hua University, in Taiwan, and at the Center for Advanced Materials, at Qatar University. His postdoctoral work encompassed advanced novel nanomaterials, drug delivery, catalysis, hydrogen energy, and CO₂ valorization, driving sustainable solutions for energy and environmental challenges. Professor Boddula’ s major research interests span next-gen materials, green catalysis, environmental remediation, sustainable energy conversion & storage technologies, and hydrogen energy.

Affiliations and expertise
School of Sciences, Woxsen University, Hyderabad 502345, Telangana, India.

MA

Mohd Imran Ahamed

Dr. Mohd Imran Ahamed is a research associate in the Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, and he has received his Ph.D on the topic “Synthesis and characterization of inorganic-organic composites heavy metals selective cation-exchangers and their analytical applications” from Aligarh Muslim University India in 2019. He has published several research and review articles in SCI journals. His research focuses on ion-exchange chromatography, wastewater treatment and analysis, actuators, enzymatic biofuel cell, and electrospinning. Dr. Ahamed has published 18 research articles in international journals of repute, more than fifteen book chapters, and 20 published by renowned international publishers.
Affiliations and expertise
Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India

AA

Abdullah M. Asiri

Prof. Abdullah M. Asiri is the Head of the Chemistry Department at King Abdulaziz University since October 2009 and he is the founder and the Director of the Center of Excellence for Advanced Materials Research (CEAMR) since 2010 till date. He is the Professor of Organic Photochemistry. His research interest covers color chemistry, synthesis of novel photochromic and thermochromic systems, synthesis of novel coloring matters and dyeing of textiles, materials chemistry, nanochemistry and nanotechnology, polymers and plastics. A major achievement of Prof. Asiri is the discovery of tribochromic compounds, a class of compounds which change from slightly or colorless to deep colored when subjected to small pressure or when grind. This discovery was introduced to the scientific community as a new terminology published by IUPAC in 2000. This discovery was awarded a patent from European Patent office and from UK patent. He is also a member of the Editorial Board of various journals of international repute. He is the Vice- President of Saudi Chemical Society (Western Province Branch). He holds four USA patents, more than 800 Publications in international journals, seven book chapters, and ten books
Affiliations and expertise
Chemistry Department, Center of Excellence for Advanced Materials Research, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

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