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.