pharmacopeia
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a variation of
pharmacopoeia.
pharmacopoeianouna book published usually under the jurisdiction of the government and containing a list of drugs, their formulas, methods for making medicinal preparations, requirements and tests for their strength and purity, and other related information.
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Indonesia issued the latest version of pharmacopeia, or drug standards guidelines, in 2020 that included for the first time maximum allowed limits of EG.
From Reuters ● Nov. 23, 2023
When China officially banned the international trade in 1993, it followed up by removing rhino horn as a medical ingredient in traditional Chinese medicine's pharmacopeia and curriculum.
From Scientific American ● Mar. 20, 2018
The rhizome also figures in the pharmacopeia of Native Americans for its medicinal properties and is used as a remedy for sore throat.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2015
And not only has there been no pharmacopeia, but some experts say the Human Genome Project might have at least temporarily bogged down the drug industry with information overload.
From New York Times ● Jun. 14, 2010
It is amusing to observe that Pliny regarded colours, whether vegetable or mineral, rather as useful for the pharmacopeia of his day, than as dyes or artistic pigments.
From Needlework As Art by Marianne Margaret Compton Cust, Viscountess Alford