British Pharmacopeia

 British Pharmacopeia


*First edition of BP was published in 1864.


*It consists of two sections:


*Part I: Materia Medica and


*Part II: Preparation and compounding.


*Second edition of BP was published in 1867.


*Third edition of BP was published in 1884.


*Fourth edition of BP was published in 1898.


*Next edition of BP was published in 1914.


*Next edition of BP was published in 1953.


*In this edition titles of drugs and preparations were in English instead of Latin and metric system.


*It has been published annually.


*In BP 2007 monographs has been introduced for material specifically used in


*preparation of Traditional chinese medicines.


*BP 2008 contains approximately 3100 monographs for substances, preparations and articles used in practice.


*It has been made effective from 1st January 2008.


*BP 2007, 2008, 2009 were given in six volumes i.e. volume I to volume VI.


*Volume I and II contains medicinal substances.

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