University of Cape Town PREPARATION AND SOLID STATE PROPERTIES OF CYCLODEXTRIN COMPLEXES OF SELECTED DRUG MOLECULES BY EINO NATANGWE MVULA B.Sc. (University ofNamibia) B.Sc. (Honours) (University of Cape Town) Department of Chemistry University of Cape Town Rondebosch 7701 South Africa Thesis presented to the UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN for the degree of MASTER OF SCIENCE March 1999