Pharmacopoeia of The People's Republic of China vol.2 (English edition 2000)

Published in three volumes, and available as a set or as individual volumes. The Pharmacopoeia of the People's Republic of China 2005, is an official and authoritative compendium of drugs. It covers most traditional Chinese medicines, most western medicines and preparations, giving information on the standards of purity, description, test, dosage, precaution, storage, and the strength for each drug. This 2005 edition contains 3214 drug monographs, with 525 new entries. The 2005 edition has been considerably revised and improved in General Notices, Requirements of Monographs, General Requirements for Preparations in Appendices and new testing methods, etc. Based on the introduction of advanced technology and experimental methods widely adopted in China and abroad, the contents of Appendices are revised and enlarged and are consistent with those currently applied internationally for the quality control of drugs. The monographs included in the Pharmacopoeia on the whole reflect actual clinical use of drugs in China. Furthermore, stylistic rules and layout, working, units, and symbols, etc. have also been standardised. Volume I - Includes monographs of Chinese materia medica and prepared slice, vegetable oil/fat and extracts, Chinese traditional patent medicines, and single ingredients of Chinese crude drug preparations. Volume II - Deals with monographs of chemical drugs, antibiotics, biochemical preparations, radiopharmaceuticals, and excipients for pharmaceutical use. Volume III - Contains biological products.