Analytical Study on Certain Drugs Used For Treatment of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Abstract

The thesis consists of six parts: Part I: Introduction to Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) This part includes a general introduction to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD); its definition, symptoms, risk factors and treatments including pharmacological and non-pharmacological ones. Part II: Literature review of Investigated drugs This part includes three sections: Section A: Literature review of indacaterol This section includes a review of the structure, physical properties, pharmacodynamics, pharmacokinetics and different reported methods for the analysis of indacaterol. Section B: Literature review of glycopyrronium This section includes a review of the structure, physical properties, pharmacodynamics, pharmacokinetics and different reported methods for the analysis of glycopyrronium. Section C: Literature review of tiotropium This section includes a review of the structure, physical properties, pharmacodynamics, pharmacokinetics and different reported metho