《药学英语》第2版于2000年面世以来，全国药学类院校积极采用，本书第3版的编写是为了适应药学教育的新形势和各高校开设基础药学英语的学时数，以及某些高校除基础药学英语外还按课程开设专业药学英语等需要。本书第3版编写中，仍分为上下两册，上册为基础药学英语，共选课文30课和阅读材料15课，其体例仍为：课文；词汇注释；课文注释；习题。下册为专业药学英语，共分成药物化学、药剂学、药理学、药物分析、生药学、生物化学、植物化学和药事管理八个学科。

Unit One Medicinal Chemistry (药物化学)

 Part 1 Special Terms for Medicinal Chemistry ~

 Part 2 Texts

Text A：Lead Compound

Text B：Medicinal Chemistry

Text C：Gene Therapy--New Development in Medicinal Chemistry

 Part 3 Supplementary Readings for Medicinal Chemistry

Passage A：Some Aspects of Medicinal Chemistry Today

Passage B：Introduction and History of Medicinal Chemistry

Passage C：Novel 3-Aralkyl- 7- (amino-substituted) -1, 2,3, - triazolo [4, 5, -d] pyrimidines with High Affinity toward A1 Adenosine Receptors

Unit Two Pharmaceutics (药剂学)

 Part 1 Special Terms for Pharmaeeutics

 Part 2 Texts

Text A：Pharmacists and Public Health

Text B：Drugs and Drug Dosage Forms

Text C：Drug Delivery --Yesterday, Today and Future

 Part 3 Supplementary Readings for Pharmaceutics

Passage A：Pharmaceutical Factors Affecting Drug Bioavailability

Passage B：Added Substances and Vehicles in Parenteral Formulations

Passage C：Practical Formulation

Unit Three Pharmacology (药理学)

 Part 1 Special Terms for Pharmacology

 Part 2 Texts

Text A：Pharmacokinetics

Text B：Drug Interactions

Text C：Adverse Drug Reactions

 Part 3 Supplementary Readings for Pharmacology

Passage A：Development of Pharmacological Thought

Passage B：Pharmacodynamics

Passage C：Acute Effects of Calcium Antagonism on the Human Heart

Unit Four Pharmaceutical Analysis (药物分析)

 Part 1 Special Terms for Pharmaceutical Analysis

 Part 2 Texts

Text A：What Analytical Chemists Do?

Text B：Key Developments in HPLC

Text C：Analysis of Medicinals

 Part 3 Supplementary Readings for Pharmaceutical Analysis

Passage A：Introduction of Modern Methods of Pharmaceutical Analysis

Passage B：Brief Account of Chromatography

Passage C：High-performance Liquid Chromatographic Method for Simultaneous Determination of Baicalein and Baicalein 7-Oglucuronide in Rat Plasma

Unit Five Pharmacognosy (生药学)

 Part 1 Special Terms for Pharmacognosy

 Part 2 Texts

Text A：General Introduction to Pharmacognosy

Text B：Biological and Geographical Sources of Drugs

Text C：Biologically Active Compounds from Marine Organisms

 Part 3 Supplementary Readings for Pharmacognosy

Passage A：Identification of Fritillaria pallidiflora Using Diagnostic PCR and PCR-RFLP Based on Nuclear Ribosomal DNA Internal Transcribed Spacer Sequences

Passage B：Crude Drugs and Their Commerce

Passage C：Effects of Ganoderma Lucidum and Krestin on Subset T-cell in Spleen of 7-irradiated Mice

Unit Six Biochemistry (生药物化学)

 Part 1 Special Terms for Biochemistry

 Part 2 Texts

Text A：Many Biological Functions of Proteins

Text B：Trends in Marine Biotechnology

Text C：Foundations of Biochemistry

 Part 3 Supplementary Readings for Biochemistry

Passage A：Preclude of Biochemistry

Passage B：Cells. Biological Units of Molecular Organization

Passage C：Gene Regulation and Expression

Unit Seven Phytochemistry (植药物化学)

 Part 1 Special Terms for Phytochemistry

 Part 2 Texts

Text A：Medicinal Natural Products

Text B：The Natural Product Research Process in the Pharmaceutical Industry

Text C：Natural Products

 Part 3 Supplementary Readings for Phytochemistry

Passage A：Drugs and Medicinal Chemists

Passage B：Methods of Identification

Passage C. Taxol Biosynthesis. An Update

Unit Eight Pharmaceutical Administration (药事管理)

 Part 1 Special Terms for Pharmaceutical Administration

 Part 2 Texts

Text A：Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP)

Text B：Pharmacoeconomics

Text C：The Community Pharmacy

 Part 3 Supplementary Readings for Pharmaceutical Administration

Passage A：The Evolution of Pharmacy Practice

Passage B：Legal Aspects of Drug Management

Passage C：GCP - Regulation of Investigators

Unit Nine Writing Skills(药学英语写作技巧)

总词汇表 Glossary