Books List For B.Pharm 1st Year Students
Every newbie on the Pharmacy field is very confused about their syllabus, books list so here we are giving you the information about the Books that we are going to read in your B.Pharm 1st Year journey. As we are also students of B.Pharm we know that nobody can guide as we guide on mypharmaguide
Introduction
B.Pharm is a 4-year course. This course is the specialization of medicines. Every year is divided into two different semesters and duration of every semester is 6 months. So B.Pharm 1st year is also divided into two semesters – First Semester and Second Semester.
In first semester of 1st year there are 9 (nine) subjects of these nine subjects 5 are theory oriented and the remaining 4 subjects are for labs.
Subjects For B.Pharm 1st Semester
- Remedial Mathematics/ Remedial Biology
- Pharmaceutical Analysis with Lab
- Human Anatomy and Physiology 1
- Human Anatomy and Physiology 1 Lab
- Pharmaceutics
- Pharmaceutics Lab
- Pharmaceutical Inorganic Chemistry
- Pharmaceutical Inorganic Chemistry Lab
- Remedial Biology Lab
These 9 are the total subjects for your 1st semester. Out of these 9 subjects only Human Anatomy and Physiology with Lab, Pharmaceutics with Lab, Pharmaceutical Inorganic Chemistry with Lab and Remedial Mathematics, Remedial Biology with Lab are main subjects. You have to read the subjects very carefully as they are also important for the GPAT exam.
Subjects for B.Pharm 2nd Semester
In above we have discussed the first semester subjects of B.Pharm and as we already told you that b.pharm 1st year is divided into two semesters so here is the list for second-semester subjects. In the second semester, there are a total of 8 subjects 5 out of them are theory-oriented and the rest 3 subjects are for Lab.
- Pharmaceutical Organic Chemistry 1
- Pharmaceutical Organic Chemistry 1 Lab
- Pharmaceutics II
- Human Anatomy and Physiology 2
- Human Anatomy and Physiology Lab
- Computer Application in Pharmacy
- Computer Application in Pharmacy Lab
- Pharmaceutics Lab
All the subjects in the second semester are very very important for GPAT and your Semester Exam except the Computer Application in Pharmacy.
Best Books For First Semester
Pharmaceutics I
Details of Best Books For Pharmaceutics First Semester are given below
- Pharmaceutics I by RM Mehta
- Cooper and Gunn’s-Dispensing for Pharmaceutical Students
Pharmaceutics I Books by RM Mehta is widely advised for the 1st-semester students for the Pharmaceutics I subject. Pharmaceutics book by RM Mehta is very popular among the Pharmacy Students as it has simple languages, well informed and fully covered the PCI syllabus. That’s why students from different universities can easily use this book. This book is available in Amazon and Flipkart moreover you can buy this book from any local markets.
Cooper and Gunns Dispensing Pharmacy Book is also a very good book. If you are willing to give the GPAT exam in future then you should also follow this book.
Human Anatomy and Physiology I
In Human Anatomy we will learn about different body organs, thier sturtures and in Human Physiology how the diffrent organs of human body works to carry on our daily activaties.
There are many books recommended by Pharmacy Council of India for Human Anatomy and Physiology details of the best books are given below.
- Principles of Anatomy and Physiology by Tortora Grabowski
- Anatomy and Physiology in Health and Illness by Kathleen J.W. Wilson
These are the best books for the B.Pharm 1st Sem Students.
Pharmaceutical Inorganic Chemistry
Pharmaceutical Inorganic Chemistry for 1st sem students has the basic things which they learnt in their secondary and higher secondary classes. It will be the revision of what they learn in these classes.
Best Books For Pharmaceutical Inorganic Chemistry I are given below
- Anand & Chatwal, Inorganic Pharmaceutical Chemistry
- A.I. Vogel, Text Book of Quantitative Inorganic analysis
Pharmaceutical Analysis
Pharmaceutical Analysis deals with the purites, impururities of the drugs substances also it deals with the different methods of titration.
Best books for Pharmaceutical Analysis are given below
- P. Gundu Rao, Inorganic Pharmaceutical Chemistry
- Bentley and Driver’s Textbook of Pharmaceutical Chemistry
Remedial Mathematics and Remedial Biology
Remedial Mathematics and Remedial Biology are the optional subjects for your First semester where Remedial Biology has also the Practical Classes and they are compulsory for all. Remedial Biology has general biological topics like morphology of flowering plants, digestion and absorption, breathing and respiration. Remedial Mathematics has the topics like logarithm, limit and calculas.
Some good books for Remedial Biology and Mathematics are
- Textbook of Biology by S. B. Gokhale
- A Textbook of Biology by Dr Thulajappa and Dr Seetaram
- Pharmaceutical Mathematics with application to Pharmacy by Panchaksharappa Gowda D.H
Best Books For Second Semester
Human Anatomy And Physiology II
As we earlier said that in Human Anatomy we will learn about different body organs, thier sturtures and in Human Physiology how the diffrent organs of human body works to carry on our daily activaties.
There are many books recommended by Pharmacy Council of India for Human Anatomy and Physiology details of the best books are given below.
- Principles of Anatomy and Physiology by Tortora Grabowski
- Anatomy and Physiology in Health and Illness by Kathleen J.W. Wilson
These are the best books for the B.Pharm 2st Sem Students.
Pharmaceutical Organic Chemistry I
Pharmaceutical Organic Chemisty I covers the classification, isomerism, Alkanes, conjugated base, alkyl halides, alcohol, carbonil compounds, Alphatic amines like topic which will be revesion on the basic things which you have already learn in your Higher Secondary.
Best books for Pharmaceutical Organic chemistry are
- Textbook of Organic Chemistry by B.S. Bahl & Arun Bahl
- Vogel’s text book of Practical Organic Chemistry
These are one of the best books which you can use for the subject.
Biochemistry
Biochemistry has topics like bioenergetics, biomolecules, carbohydrate metabolism, biological oxidation and lipid metabolism.
Some Best books for Biochemistry are
- Biochemistry by D. Satyanarayan and U.Chakrapani
- Principles of Biochemistry by Lehninger
These are the best books for Biochemistry subject for the students.
Pathophysiology
Pathophysiology means abnormal function in an individual or an organ due to a disease.
Some best books of Pathophysiogy are
- Harsh Mohan; Textbook of Pathology; 6th edition; India; Jaypee Publications
Everybody in Pharmacy always says that ” East or West Harsh Mohan is best “
Computer Application in Pharmacy
Computer Application In Pharmacy covers the topics like number system, web tecnologies, introduction to database, bioinformatics etc
Best Book For Computer Application in Pharmacy is
- Computer Application in Pharmaceutical Research and Development –Sean Ekins – Wiley-Interscience, A John Willey and Sons, INC., Publication, USA
Enviromental Sciences
- Y.K. Sing, Environmental Science, New Age International Pvt, Publishers,Bangalore
is the best books for Enviromental Sciences.
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