Pharmacopeia

Historically, a pharmacopeia is an encyclopedic work counting mainly plants of therapeutic use, but also of the substances of animal or mineral origin and, more recently, chemical substances. Nowadays, the term generally indicates a collection in matter official and lawful of the raw materials authorized in a country or a group of country for the manufacture of the Médicament S. There exist national pharmacopeias, like the French Pharmacopée, and of the international pharmacopeias, like the European Pharmacopée, published by the the Council of Europe, and that published on a world level by WHO. One also calls, by Métonymie, “pharmacopeia” the whole of the drugs, often of the plants, used in an area or at a given time. One speaks thus about traditional pharmacopeia.

The term derives from the Greek pharmakopoiia , art to prepare the drugs.

Examples of pharmacopeias

Traditional pharmacopeia

Containing extract of medicinal plants, it was used until the contemporary time in Europe and in the primitive companies. It is paramount in Chinese traditional medicine because it indexes all the plants and minerals used for the treatment of the diseases (by decoctions, powders, etc).

International pharmacopeias

  • the international Pharmacopeia published on a world level by WHO. Abbreviation: Ph.Int
  • the European Pharmacopeia (Abbreviation: Ph.Eur.), published by the the Council of Europe. It is with its 5th edition, the 6th edition will come into effect at the 1/1/2008. It is available in versions Frenchwoman, English and Spanish.
Agreements were made between the three " grandes" pharmacopeias (the European Pharmacopeia, the USP, the Japanese pharmacopeia) in order to harmonize the presentation of the monographs, etc

National pharmacopeias

  • the American Pharmacopeia or United States Pharmacopoeia. It is with its 29e edition. Abbreviation: USP or USP XXIII
  • the Japanese Pharmacopeia (available in English).

  • the French Pharmacopeia. It is with its 10th edition. Abbreviation: Ph.Fr. or Ph.Fr.X

  • the Belgian Pharmacopeia. It is with its 6th edition, identical to Ph.Eur.II. Abbreviation: Ph.Belg or Ph.Belg.VI
  • the British Pharmacopeia.
  • the Swiss Pharmacopeia. Abbreviation: Ph.Helv
  • the German Pharmacopeia. Abbreviation: DAB (Deutsche Artzneibuch)
  • the Austrian Pharmacopeia. Abbreviation: ÖAB (österreichische Artzneibuch)

See too

Internal bonds

External bonds

  • Text of the international pharmacopeia on the site of WHO (in English)]

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