Definition: Authoritative works containing lists of drugs and preparations, their description, formulation, analytic composition, main chemical properties, standards for strength, purity, and dosage, chemical tests for determining identity, etc. They have the status of a standard.
this heading is used as a Publication Type. Used by catalogers only. Pharmacopoeias as a subject are indexed under the main heading PHARMACOPOEIAS AS TOPIC
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