B.Pharm Pharmaceutical Biotechnology Notes

PHARMACEUTICAL BIOTECHNOLOGY UNIT-WISE NOTES – BP605T

Unit – 1

  • a) Brief introduction to Biotechnology with reference to Pharmaceutical Sciences.
  • b) Enzyme Biotechnology- Methods of enzyme immobilization and applications.
  • c) Biosensors- Working and applications of biosensors in Pharmaceutical Industries.
  • d) Brief introduction to Protein Engineering.
  • e) Use of microbes in industry. Production of Enzymes- General consideration – Amylase, Catalase, Peroxidase, Lipase, Protease, Penicillinase.
  • f) Basic principles of genetic engineering.

Unit – 2

  • a) Study of cloning vectors, restriction endonucleases and DNA ligase.
  • b) Recombinant DNA technology. Application of genetic engineering in medicine.
  • c) Application of r DNA technology and genetic engineering in the production of:
  • i) Interferon ii) Vaccines- hepatitis- B iii) Hormones-Insulin.
  • d) Brief introduction to PCR

Unit – 3

  • Types of immunity- humoral immunity, cellular immunity:
  • a) Structure of Immunoglobulins
  • b) Structure and Function of MHC
  • c) Hypersensitivity reactions, Immune stimulation and Immune suppressions.
  • d) General method of the preparation of bacterial vaccines, toxoids, viral vaccine, antitoxins, serum-immune blood derivatives and other products relative to immunity.
  • e) Storage conditions and stability of official vaccines
  • f) Hybridoma technology- Production, Purification and Applications
  • g) Blood products and Plasma Substituties.

Unit – 4

  • a) Immuno blotting techniques- ELISA, Western blotting, Southern blotting.
  • b) Genetic organization of Eukaryotes and Prokaryotes
  • c) Microbial genetics including transformation, transduction, conjugation, plasmids and transposons.
  • d) Introduction to Microbial biotransformation and applications.
  • e) Mutation: Types of mutation/mutants.

Unit – 5

  • a) Fermentation methods and general requirements, study of media, equipments, sterilization methods, aeration process, stirring.
  • b) Large scale production fermenter design and its various controls.
  • c) Study of the production of – penicillins, citric acid, Vitamin B12, Glutamic acid, Griseofulvin,
  • d) Blood Products: Collection, Processing and Storage of whole human blood, dried human plasma, plasma Substituties.

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