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. B.N. Ghosh, Professor of Pharmacology, R. G. Kar Medical College Calcutta. The Committee compiled a supplement to the first edition of the Indian Pharmacopoeia. The supplement was published in 1960. The composition of the Committee entrusted with the compilation of the second edition of Pharmacopoeia was as follows:
Chairman
Members – 11 in number
Member – Secretary
Assistant – Secretary
The committee appointed the following Subcommittees to assist it in the compilation work:
Pharmacology & Bioassay Subcommittee
Biological Products Subcommittee
Antibiotics, Vitamins & Hormones Subcommittee
Pharmacognosy Subcommittee
Pharmacy Subcommittee
Pharmaceutical Subcommittee
General Chemistry Subcommittee
Analytical Subcommittee
Physical Standards, Weights, measures and Nomenclature Subcommittee
Indian Medicinal Plants Subcommittee
In order to expedite the compilation of the second edition of Pharmacopoeia, the Indian Pharmacopoeia Committee constituted a “Working Group” to examine the comments received on the draft monographs and then submitted suitable recommendations to the Committee in the light of their comments. The second edition of the Pharmacopoeia of India was published in 1966 and later on its supplement was published in 1975.
The Government of India through its letter No. 2338 H(C)/43 dated 26 January, 1944, directed the Drugs Technical Advisory Board list the drugs used in India, which are not mentioned in British Pharmacopoeia and also recommend the standards to be prescribed to maintain uniformity and the chemical tests to be used to establish identity and purity. The Government of India published the Indian Pharmacopoeial List in 1946, as a supplement to the British Pharmacopoeia. The term “List” in the title was “misleading” in that, the book not only contained a list of drugs which were of substantial medicinal value but also laid down standards. The Indian Pharmacopoeial List contained about 180 monographs and a number of appendices prepared on the lines of...
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