Book Description

Chinese Pharmacopoeia 2010 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. It is published in three volumes, and contains up to 4567 monographs with 1386 new admissions. In Volume I, it contains monographs of Chinese crude drugs and the prepared slices. Vegetable oil/fat and its extract, the patented Chinese traditional medicines, single ingredient of Chinese crude drug preparations etc. it has 2165 monographs with 1019 new admissions (439 articles of the prepared slice) and 634 revised; Volume II deals with monographs of chemical drugs, antibiotics, biochemical preparations, radiopharmaceuticals and excipients for pharmaceutical use, contains 2271 monographs with 330 new admissions and 1500 revised; Volume III contains biological products, has 131 monographs with 37 new admissions and 94 revised