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What is a Pharmacopoeia?

a book describing drugs, chemicals, and medicinal

one issued by an officially recognized authority and serving as a standard

It is a legal and official book issued by recognized authorities usually
appointed by the Government of each country.

It comprises list of pharmaceutical substances and formulae along with their description and standards.

❑ Written by Pedanius Diosccoride

Precursor to all modern pharmacopeias and is one of the most influential herbal book

First official Pharmacopeia of India appeared in 1868 which
was edited by

In pre independence days, British Pharmacopeia was used in

First edition of British Pharmacopeia was published in

It consist of two sections

Two sections of BP

Eighth edition of BP was published in

In this edition titles of drugs & preparations were in
● instead of Latin and metric system.

First edition of United state Pharmacopeia was published on
15th

From 1820 to 1942, USP Pharmacopeia was published at

From 1942 to 2000 it was published at

From 2002 it was published

First National Formulary of the united state appeared in

have eight supplements.

United State Pharmacopeia First appeared in (?) & last in November 1988

United State Pharmacopeia First appeared in January 1985 & last in

1990 is the third revision that consolidates USP & NF into a single
volume.

Electronic version of USP-NF on floppy disks was introduced in

was published in Mumbai as an Asian edition at the end of 1994.

Lates will be USP 46/NF 41 that will become official on

is a reference book for drugs and medicines.

originally produced by William Martindale in 1883 and
now published by the Pharmaceutical Society of Great
Britain, contains information on the drugs presently
used in Great Britain.

include Chemical Abstracts Service(CAS), Anatomical
Therapeutic Chemical Classification System(ATC) numbers and

Unique Ingredient Identifier (UNII) codes to help readers refer
to other information systems.