Pharmaceutics-1, |easy notes|

Pharmacopoeia and history of Indian pharmacopoeia. 📒💊 Pharmacopoeia is an official publication containing a list of medicinal drugs with their effects and directions for their use.                                 ORIGIN     All countries  have their own pharmacopoeia, Eg:- Indian pharmacopoeia (IP)                 British pharmacopoeia (BP)        US pharmacopoeia   (USP)    Pharmacopoeia is divided into three parts:- 1) General notices:- It contains the information of pharmaceutical progress since last edition. It summarizes the various changes/ addition/ deletion in the present edition. 2) Monograph:- Monograph is the main content of pharmacopoeia. Monograph is arranged into alphabetical order of the drug names. It gives the following information about the drug:- 1. Main title of drug/chemical 2. Synonyms 3. Chemical formula 4. Category (eg- antibacterial, diureticetc) 5. Dose quantities 6. Description 7. Standard  (std of purity & strength) 8. Solubility