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CODE CPH5303
 
TITLE Pharmacological Analysis
 
ECTS CREDITS 6
 
DESCRIPTION Learning Objectives

To provide a sound understanding of the principles and techniques used in pharmacological analysis.

Content

Chemical analysis
Selection of biological fluid and time of sampling
Selection of analyate
- unchanged drug, metabolite, metabolic enzymes
Chromatographic techniques
- high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC)
- gas chromatography (GC)
Immunoassay techniques
- radio-immunoassay (RIA)
- enzyme-immunoassay (EIA)
- fluorescence-immunoassay (FIA)
Electrophoresis
- slab gel electrophoresis
- capillary electrophoresis
Automation in clinical drug analysis
- Cell culture principles
Enzymatic analysis
- Enzyme activity measurements
- Biological analysis
Bioassay
 
LECTURER/S Anthony J. Fenech
Anna McElhatton
Janet Mifsud
Charles Scerri
 
STATUS Currently In Use
 
LAST UPDATED 30 October 2008
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