Recommended Reading List 2009/2010
First Year
- British National Formulary, 48th Edition, 2004, Pharmaceutical Press. ISBN 0853695873
PF1101 Introduction to Pharmaceutical Chemistry
Essential Reading:
- Organic Chemistry, John McMurry, 6th Edition (International Student Edition), 2004, Brooks/Cole-Thomson, ISBN 0 534 42005 2
Recommended Reading:
- An Introduction to Medicinal Chemistry, Graham L. Patrick, 3rd Edition, 2005, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0199275009
- Chemistry: The Central Science, Theodore L. Brown, H. Eugene LeMay, Bruce E. Bursten, Julia R. Burdge, 10th Edition, 2005, Prentice Hall, ISBN 0131096869
- Essentials of Organic Chemistry, Paul M Dewick, 2006, John Wiley & Sons Ltd. ISBN 0-470-01666-3
- The Organic Chemistry of Biological Pathways, John McMurry and Tadhg Begley, 2006, ISBN 0-9747077-1-6
BC1443 Biochemistry
Essential Reading:
- Lehninger Principles of Biochemistry, Fourth Edition by David L. Nelson, Michael M. Cox ISBN: 0716743396
AN1074 Anatomy and Introductory Pathophysiology
Essential Reading:
- “HISTOLOGY MANUAL” This is the course manual and it is available from the Secretary’s Office, Anatomy Department.
Supplementary Reading:
- Young & Heath: Wheater’s Functional Histology 4th edition. Elsevier, Churchill Livingstone
- Kierszenbaum: Histology and Cell Biology, An introduction to Pathology. Mosby
- Martini: Fundamentals of Anatomy and Physiology, 7th edition. Pearson
- Stevens & Lowe: Human Histology 3rd edition. Mosby
PL1445 Physiology
- Stuart Ira Fox, Human Physiology Latest edition.
PF1008 Pharmaceutics I
Recommended Reading: (The following books are available from the Medical Library)
- The Physicochemical Basis of Pharmaceuticals – Moynihan, H and Crean, A, 2009
- Physicochemical principles of pharmacy – Florence, A.T. and Attwood, D., 3rd ed., 1998
- Pharmaceutical Calculations – Ansel, H and Stoklosa, M, 11th ed., 2001
- Pharmaceutics : the science of dosage form design – Aulton, Michael E., 2nd ed., 2002
- Pharmaceutics : the design and manufacture of medicines– Aulton, Michael E., 2007
- Physical Pharmacy : physical chemical principles in the pharmaceutical sciences Martin, Alfred N. and Bustamante, Pilar, 4th ed., 1993
Supplementary Reference: (The following books are available from the Medical Library)
- British Pharmocopoeia
- European Pharmacopoeia
- Martindale, Extra Pharmacopoeia
- Handbook of Pharmaceutical Excipients, Arthur H. Kibbe (Editor), Ainley Wade, Paul J. Weller, 3rd edition (2000).
- United States Pharmacopoeia
- British Pharmaceutical Codex (BPC)
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PF1007 Pharmacy Practice I
Recommended Reading: (The following books are available from the Medical Library
- British National Formulary ISSN 0 85369 556 3
- Pharmacists Talking With Patients: A Guide to Patient Counseling by Melanie J. Rantucci, Segal Publisher: Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins; (June 1997)
- Handbook of Pharmacy Health-Care - Diseases & patient advice, ed Robin J Harman (PhP, UK) ISSN 0 85369 507 5
- Harding, G., S. Nettleton, et al. (1990). Sociology for Pharmacists: An Introduction.
PT1445 Foundation Pharmacology
- HP Rang, MM Dale & JM Ritter (2003) Pharmacology (5 ed.) Churchill-Livingstone, Edinburgh.
Second Year
PF2101 Pharmaceutical Chemistry II
- A n Introduction to Medicinal Chemistry , Graham L. Patrick, 2009, Oxford University Press, ISBN 9780199234479
- Medicinal Chemistry, Principles and Practice , Frank D. King, 2002, Royal Society of Chemistry, ISBN 9780854046317
- Bacteria and Antibacterial Agents , John Mann, James C. Crabbe, 1997, WH Freeman and Stockton Press, ISBN 9780716745082
- Organic Chemistry , John McMurry, 2007, Brooks/Cole, ISBN 9780495116288
PF2102 Pharmaceutical Analysis and Quality Control
- Quantitative Chemical Analysis, Daniel C. Harris, Freeman, ISBN 0716721716;
- Fundamentals of Analytical Chemistry, Douglas A. Skoog, Donald M. West, F. James Holler, Holt, Rinehart & Winston, ISBN 0039101290.
- Thermal Methods of Analysis; Principles, Applications and Problems; Peter J Haines; Blackie Academic & Professsional; An imprint of Chapman & Hall; ISBN 0-7514-0050-5
- An Introduction to Medicinal Chemistry, Graham L. Patrick, 2005, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0199275009
- Medicinal Chemistry, Principles and Practice, Frank D. King, 2002, Royal Society of Chemistry, ISBN 0854046313
- Bacteria and Antibacterial Agents, John Mann, James C. Crabbe, 1996, WH Freeman and Stockton Press, ISBN 0716745089
BC2443 Biochemistry
Essential Reading:
- Lehninger Principles of Biochemistry, Fourth Edition by David L. Nelson , Michael M. Cox ISBN: 0716743396
MB2444 Microbiology
Recommended Reading: (The following books are available from the UCC Library)
- Brock Biology of Microorganisms. 11th Edition. Madigan, MT, Martinko, JM & J Parker. Pearson Education Inc.
- Denyer SP, Hodges NA and Gorman SP. ‘Hugo & Russells Pharmaceutical Microbiology’. 7th Edition. 2004. Blackwell Science. ISBN 0-632-06467-6
PT2447 Molecular Pharmacology
Essential Reading:
- HP Rang, MM Dale & JM Ritter (2003) Pharmacology (5 ed.) Churchill-Livingstone, Edinburgh.
Recommended Reading:
- MM Dale & DG Haylett (2004, 5 ed) Pharmacology Condensed, Churchill-Livingstone, Edinburgh. [HS615.1 DALE]
- HP Rang, MM Dale & JM Ritter (2007) Pharmacology (6 ed.) Churchill-Livingstone, Edinburgh. [HS615.1 RANG]
Reference:
- Goodman & Gilman's Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics (2001, 10 ed.) McGrath-Hill, New York. [HS615.7 GOOD]
PF2008 Pharmaceutical Technology
Recommended Reading:
- Pharmaceutical Process Engineering; Drugs and the Pharmaceutical Sciences series, vol. 112; Hickey, A.J. and Ganderton, D., 2001
- Pharmaceutical Codex 12th ed. Pharmaceutical Press.
- Remington: The Science and Practice of Pharmacy (Gennaro), 20th or 21st ed. The Theory and Practice of Industrial Pharmacy. Leon Lachman, Herbert A. Lieberman, Joseph L. Kanig. 3rd edition (1986). ISBN 0781746736
- Pharmaceutical Statistics, David Jones , Pharmaceutical Press. ISBN 0 85369 425 7
- Pharmaceutical Practice, Winfield and Richards, ISBN 0 443 07206 , Churchill Livingstone.
- Pharmaceutics : the science of dosage form design / edited by Michael E. Aulton. ISBN: 0443055173
- Modern Pharmaceutics 4th Ed. Banker and Rhodes. Marcel and Dekker. Lib: 615.1BARK. Chapter 12
Supplementary Reference:
- Orange guide; The Rules and Guidance for pharmaceutical Manufacturers and Distributors 2002.
- Handbook of Pharmaceutical Excipients, Arthur H. Kibbe (Editor), Ainley Wade, Paul J. Weller, 3rd edition (2000).
- Pharmaceutical dosage forms--tablets Vol. 1to 3 Lieberman, Lachman, Schwartz
- Handbook on Injectable Drugs, Trissel, Lawrence.
- The rules governing medicinal products in the European Union, vol. 1-9. Website: http://pharmacos.eudra.org/F2/eudralex/index.htm
- Code of Federal Regulations: Part 210 and Part 211. Website: http://www.fda.gov/cder/dmpq/cgmpregs.htm
- British Pharmacopoeia, 2002
- European Pharmacopoeia, 4th edition, 2001
- Martindale, Extra Pharmacopoeia
- United States Pharmacopoeia
- Development and control of medicines and medical devices by Robin J. Harman
- Pharmaceutical isolators : a guide to their application, design and control by Brian Midcalf
- Pharmaceutical statistics: Practical and clinical applications 4th edition Publisher: Marcel Dekker. 2004 ISBN: 0824746953
PF2007 Pharmacy Practice II
Recommended Reading : (The following books are available from the Medical Library)
- British National Formulary ISSN 0 85369 556 3
- Pharmacists Talking With Patients: A Guide to Patient Counseling by Melanie J. Rantucci, Segal Publisher: Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins; (June 1997)
- Handbook of Pharmacy Health-Care - Diseases & patient advice, ed Robin J Harman (PhP, UK) ISSN 0 85369 507 5
- Harding, G., S. Nettleton, et al. (1990). Sociology for Pharmacists: An Introduction. London, Macmillan Academic and Professional Ltd.
- Edwards C. and Stillman P., Minor Illness or Major Disease? Responding to symptoms in the pharmacy., 3rd Ed., (PhP, UK)ISBN 0 85369 447 8
PL2003 The Nervous System
Essential Reading:
- Textbook of Medical Physiology by Guyton & Hall (Saunders) or Physiology by Berne & Levy (Mosby).
Additional reading:
- Neuroscience by Purves et al (Sinauer); Principles of Neuroscience by Kandell (McGraw Hill).
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Third Year
PF3001 Pharmacognosy and Phytopharmaceuticals
- Trease and Evans’ Pharmacognosy , W.C. Evans, 16th Edition, 2009, W.B. Saunders Company Ltd., ISBN 9780702029332
- Medicinal Natural Products , P.M. Dewick, 3rd Edition, 2009, Wiley, ISBN 9780470741672
- Fundamentals of Pharmacognosy and Phytotherapy , M. Heinrich, J. Barnes, S. Gibbons, E.M. Williamson, 2004, Churchill Livingstone, ISBN 9780443071324
- Chemical Aspects of Biosynthesis (Oxford Chemistry Primers), J. Mann, 1994, Oxford University Press, ISBN 9780198556763
- The Organic Chemistry of Biological Pathways , J. McMurry, T. Begley, 2005, Roberts and company, ISBN 9780974707716
- Relevant sections of the British Pharmacopoeia, European Pharmacopoeia and Unites States Pharmacopoeia
PF3102 Pharmaceutical Chemistry III
Recommended Reading:
- An Introduction to Medicinal Chemistry, Graham L. Patrick, 2nd Edition, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0 19 850533 7
- Organic Chemistry, John McMurry, 6th Edition (International Student Edition), Brooks/Cole-Thomson, ISBN 0 534 42005 2
- Essentials of Organic Chemistry, Paul M Dewick, 2006, John Wiley & Sons Ltd. ISBN 0-470-01666-3
- Top Drugs: Top Synthetic Routes, J.Saunders, Oxford University Press, 2000 (Chemistry Primer No. 90), Chapters 1-3.
- Cancer Chemotherapeutic Agents, Foye (Ed.).
- Pharmaceutical Chemicals in Perspective, Reuben and Wittcoff.
- Chemistry of Antitumour Agents, Wilman (Ed.).
- The Organic Chemistry of Drug Design and Drug Action, Silverman.
- Extra reading material will be assigned during the year
BC3443 Clinical Immunology
Essential Text:
- Cellular and Molecular Immunology, By Abul K. Abbas and Andrew H. Lichtman ISBN 1416023895
PT3445 Clinical Pharmacology
Essential Text:
- HP Rang, MM Dale (2007) Pharmacology (6th Ed.) Churchill-Livingstone, Edinburgh.
Other useful texts/sources :
- BG Katzung (2000) Basic & Clinical Pharmacology (8th ed.) Appleton & Lange, Stamford.
- KP Minneman & L Wecker (2005) Brody’s Human Pharmacology (4th ed) Elsevier Mosby, Philadelphia.
- DG Waller, AG Renwick & K Hillier (2005) Medical Pharmacology & Therapeutics (2nd ed), Elsevier Saunders, Edinburgh.
- Kalant et al., (2007) Principles of Medical Pharmacology (7th Ed) Saunders Press
Reference :
- JG Brunton et al., (2005) Goodman & Gilman’s The Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics (11th edition) McGrath-Hill, New York.
PF3008 Biopharmaceutics
Recommended Reading:
- Pharmaceutics – the science of dosage form design 2nd edition Part three. M.E. Aulton
- Modern pharmaceutics; Drugs and the Pharmaceutical Sciences series, vol. 121, 4th ed.; Gilbert S. Banker and Christopher T. Rhodes.
- Clinical pharmacokinetics : concepts and applications Malcolm Rowland, Thomas N. Tozer.
- An introduction to Pharmacokinetics 2nd ed. Clark & Smith. Blackwell Scientific publishing
- The science and practice of PharmacyRemington
Supplementary Reference:
- Biopharmaceutics and Clinical Pharmacokinetics by Milo Gibaldi Lea & Febiger; 4th edition (September 1, 1990) ISBN: 0812113462
- Pharmaceutical Codex, 12 th edition, Pharmaceutical Press
- Biopharmaceutics & drug disposition [electronic resource]. Connect to http://0-www3.interscience.wiley.com.innopac.ucc.ie/
- Pharmacokinetic Resources On Line << www.boomer.org >>
- Biopharmaceutics and clinical pharmacokinetics an introduction / Robert E. Notari
- Handbook of Basic Pharmacokinetics...Including Clinical Applications Wolfgang A. Ritschel, Gregory L. Kearns
- Pharmacokinetics in drug discovery and development / edited by Ronald D. Schoenwald.
- Drug disposition and pharmacokinetics – with a consideration of pharmacological and clinical relationships. Stephen Curry 2nd eds. Blackwell Scientific publishing
- Integration of Pharmacokinetics, Pharmacodynamics, and toxicokinetics in rational drug development. Yacobi, Skelly, Shah and Benet. APPS. ISBN 0306 44356 2.
- PCCAL packages ‘Biopharmaceutics’, ‘Pharmacokintetics’ – CAL Lab
- Clinical pharmacokinetics / edited by Soraya Dhillon, Andrzej Kostrzewski
PF3106 Clinical Practice I
- British National Formulary ISSN 0 85369 556 3
- Pharmacists Talking With Patients: A Guide to Patient Counseling by Melanie J. Rantucci, Segal Publisher: Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins; (June 1997)
- Handbook of Pharmacy Health-Care – Diseases & patient advice, ed Robin J Harman (PhP, UK) ISSN 0 85369 507 5
- Edwards C. and Stillman P., Minor Illness or Major Disease? Responding to symptoms in the pharmacy., 3rd Ed., (PhP, UK) ISBN 0 85369 447 8
- Walker and Edwards; Clinical Pharmacy and Therapeutics 3rd Edition 2002 Elsevier, ISBN 0 4430 7137 3
- Longmore, Wilkinson, Oxford Handbook of Clinical Medicine, Oxford University Press, ISBH 0 1985 2558
- Kayne Steven B., Complementary Therapies for Pharmacists, Pharm Press ISBN 0 85369 430 3 Cellular and Molecular Immunology, 5th edition By Abul K. Abbas and Andrew H. Lichtman ISBN 1416023895
PF3107 Pharmacy Practice III
- British National Formulary ISSN 0 85369 556 3
- Pharmacists Talking With Patients: A Guide to Patient Counseling by Melanie J. Rantucci, Segal Publisher: Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins; (June 1997)
- Handbook of Pharmacy Health-Care – Diseases & patient advice, ed Robin J Harman (PhP, UK) ISSN 0 85369 507 5
- Edwards C. and Stillman P., Minor Illness or Major Disease? Responding to symptoms in the pharmacy., 3rd Ed., (PhP, UK) ISBN 0 85369 447 8
- Walker and Edwards; Clinical Pharmacy and Therapeutics 3rd Edition 2002 Elsevier, ISBN 0 4430 7137 3
- Longmore, Wilkinson, Oxford Handbook of Clinical Medicine, Oxford University Press, ISBH 0 1985 2558
- Kayne Steven B., Complementary Therapies for Pharmacists, Pharm Press ISBN 0 85369 430 3 Cellular and Molecular Immunology, 5th edition By Abul K. Abbas and Andrew H. Lichtman ISBN 1416023895
- Relevant legislation will be highlighted / distributed throughout the year.
PF3444 Clinical Microbiology
Fourth Year
PF4008 Novel Drug Delivery Systems
- Pharmaceutics – the science of dosage form design, 2nd edition Part three, M.E. Aulton
- The science and practice of Pharmacy, Remington
- Drug Delivery and Targeting, For Pharmacists and Pharmaceutical Scientists: A. W. Lloyd, A. M. Hillery, J. Swarbrick, Taylor and Francis, ISBN: 0415271975
- Modified release drug delivery technology, M.J. Rathborne, J. Hadgraft M.S. Roberts (978)082470865
- Polymers in Drug Delivery, I.F., Uchegbu, A.G Schätzlein.
- Nanoparticulates As Drug Carriers, V. P. Torchilin (978-1860946301)
- Drug Delivery to the Lung, H. Bisgard, C. O’Callaghan, G.C. Smaldone.
- Novel Drug Delivery Systems, Y.W. Chien. ***
- Fundamentals of Nuclear Pharmacy, G.B. Saha, 2004, 5th edition, Springer Science and Business Media INC.
PF4109 Pharmaceutical Biotechnology
Recommended Reading:
- Pharmaceutical Biotechnology – An introduction for Pharmacists and Pharmaceutical Scientists, Daan JA Crommelin and Robert D Sindelar, 2nd Edition
- Biopharmaceuticals – Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Gary Walsh, 2nd Edition


