Contents of the General Notices

Part I

Italic introduction

European Pharmacopoeia

Part II

Italic introduction

Official Standards

Definition of Terms

Expression of Standards

Temperature

Weights and Measures

Atomic Weights

Constant Weight

Expression of Concentrations

Water Bath

Reagents

Indicators

Caution Statements

Titles

Chemical Formulae

Definition

Production

Manufacture of Formulated Preparations

Freshly and Recently Prepared

Methods of Sterilisation

Water

Excipients

Colouring Agents

Antimicrobial Preservatives

Characteristics

Solubility

Identification

Reference Spectra

Assays and Tests

Biological Assays and Tests

Reference Substances and Reference Preparations

Chemical Reference Substances

Biological Reference Preparations

Storage

Labelling

Action and Use

Antibiotics Intended for use in the Manufacture of Intramammary Infusions

Crude Drugs; Traditional Herbal and Complementary Medicines

 Monograph Title
 Definition
 Characteristics
 Control Methods

Homoeopathic Medicines

Part III

Italic introduction

General Notices of the European Pharmacopoeia

1.1 General Statements
Quality Systems
Alternative Methods
Demonstration of Compliance with the Pharmacopoeia
Grade of Materials
General Monographs
Validation of Pharmacopoeial Methods
Implementation of Pharmacopoeial Methods
Conventional Terms
Interchangeable Methods
References to Regulatory Documents
1.2 Other Provisions Applying to General Chapters and Monographs
Quantities
Apparatus and Procedures
Water-bath
Drying and Ignition to Constant Mass
Reagents
Solvents
Expression of Content
Temperature
1.3 General Chapters
Containers
1.4 Monographs
Titles
Relative Atomic and Molecular Masses
Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS) Registry Number
Definition
 Limits of Content
 Herbal Drugs
Production
Choice of Vaccine Strain, Choice of Vaccine Composition
Potential Adulteration
Characters
 Solubility
Identification
 Scope
 First and Second Identifications
 Powdered Herbal Drugs
Tests and Assays
 Scope
 Calculation
 Limits
 Indication of Permitted Limit of Impurities
 Herbal Drugs
 Equivalents
 Culture Media
Storage
Labelling
Warnings
Impurities
Functionality-related Characteristics of Excipients
Reference Standards
1.5 Abbreviations and Symbols
Abbreviations used in the Monographs on Immunoglobulins, Immunosera and Vaccines
Collections of Micro-organisms
1.6 Units of the International System (SI) used in the Pharmacopoeia and Equivalence with other Units
International System of Units (SI)
Notes