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This book Organic Pharmaceutical and Medicinal Chemistry consists of three volume. The present edition has been thoroughly revised and enlarged with some 100 new drugs and their preparations. The new medicinal compounds have been selected according to their practical utility and didactic importance. Chemical and biochemical aspects of important drugs pertaining to their development biological contents and structure activity relationship have been supplemented. The individual chapters have been uniformly designed and subject matter put in the usual familiar style. The regular design of descriptive presentation has been adopted under the headings of structure of drug properties pharmacology structure activity relationship bio-transformation synthesis analysis and uses. The analytical portion of the book deals with methods investigating and analyzing the drugs and their preparations - qualitatively and quantitatively examination of test samples isolation of active ingredients from pharmaceutical form separation in chemical form verification of active ingredients and verification of excipients. All the analytical methods including chromatographic techniques have been described. The aromatic part deals with general aromatic chemistry along with medicinal chemistry and compounds and preparations belonging to it. About the Author Prof. J. S Qadry is a well-known researcher author and scholar in the field of pharmaceutical research and education and enjoys the distinction of being the first author to write a book on pharmacy in India way back in 1969. He has been associated with a number of universities and institutions in different capacities as teacher researcher and specialist in India and abroad where he pioneered the subject as head of the department as Principal as Dean as Director as Vice- Chancellor as Special Advise-rand whatnot.He was also President of Pharmacy Council of India besides holding other prestigious positions and offices in the country. As a successful and popular author of as many as eight books to date on pharmacy subjects he received wide acclaim as educator. And more than fulfilled through his writings and personal interaction the aspirations and expectations of scholars teachers and students thirst in  for authentic.