One of the important mandates of the Indian Pharmacopoeia Commission is to publish the Indian Pharmacopoeia (legally recognized book of standards for monitoring the quality of drugs and pharmaceuticals as per the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940) at regular and shorter intervals. To fulfill this requirement, the 6th edition of Indian Pharmacopoeia has been prepared by the Commission in accordance with the principles and designed plan decided by its Scientific Body and completed through the untiring efforts of its members and Secretariat over a period of about two years.
Highlights Of the Indian Pharmacopoeia 2010:
1. Presented in 3 hard bound volumes
2. Total monographs 1918 out of which 287 are added first time
3. Category of a drug, dosage and usual available strength of dosage forms added
4. Classical chemicals tests for identification of an article have been almost eliminated and more specific IR and UV Spectrophotometric tests have been introduced
5. Cross referencing has been avoided
6. Veterinary products monographs are the integral part of this edition
7. Uniformity of presentation of subject matter
8. Use of chromatographic methods has been greatly extended
9. Test for pyrogen virtually eliminated
10. More herbal drugs monographs has been added
11. Contains several new monographs not in any major pharmacopoeias of the world
12. Authenticity Certificate
13. User friendly format
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