The term Pharmacopoeia comes from the Greek word “Pharmakon” meaning ‘drug’ and ‘Poiein’ meaning ‘make’, and the combination means any recipe or formula or other standard required to make or prepare a drug.
The term ‘Pharmacopoeia’ was first used in 1580 in a book on drug standards printed in Bergamo, Italy. After that a number of national pharmacopoeias were published by various European Pharmacopoeias- the London, the Edinburgh and the Dublin pharmacopoeia were official throughout the kingdom. Each pharmacopoeia described different strength and method of preparation for the same preparation. Hence there was a lot of confusion. To overcome this difficulty, the first British Pharmacopoeia came into existence in 1864.
The title of monographs have been given in Latin language. Abbreviated titles for use in prescription have been given immediately below the Latin title. The English title has also been given below the abbreviation title. The weights and measures have been given in metric system. All statements contained in the individual monographs have been considered as constitute standards for the official substances. Doses are expressed both in the metric system as well as in the English system. A list of preparations has been given at the end of some of the monographs. The temperature has been expressed in Celsius thermometric scale. The descriptive terms (very soluble, freely soluble, sparingly soluble, slightly soluble, very slightly soluble, practically insoluble) have been used where the exact solubility of a pharmacopoeial substance is not known. The tenure of the first Indian Pharmacopoeial Committee expired in 1954, and the Committee was reconstituted under the chairmanship of Dr. ...
Pharmaceutics-I (Theory and Practical)
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Pharmaceutics plays a vital role in formulation development and evaluation of various dosage forms. This book will mainly guide students to get knowledge about origin and scope of pharmacy, various pharmacopoeias, prescription and drug incompatibilities, conventional dosage forms, pharmaceutical calculation and basics of Pharmaceutics. All the contents are discussed in detail and suitable examples are explained whenever required.
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Pharmaceutics-I (Theory and Practical)