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 Objective: The aim of this study is to compare Matricaria chamomilla samples collected from nature and supplied pharmacies herbalists by performing quality control analyses investigate the antimicrobial activities them.
 Methods: These were examined according Matricariae flos monograph analysis in European Pharmacopoeia. Macroscopic microscopic examination, loss on drying to...

IN 1738 THE President and Censors of the Royal College of Physicians embarked upon the preparation of the fifth edition of the Pharmacopoeia Londinensis. The revision committee was named in December of that year and included Henry Plumtre (who became President in 1740), Drs. Wilmot, Hopgood, Bankes, Letherland and Bedford.' The Committee engaged the interest and assistance of Henry Pemberton (1...

Two sterility test methods, the ScanRDI® rapid sterility test and the United States Pharmacopeia/European Pharmacopoeia/Japanese Pharmacopoeia (USP/EP/JP) compendial sterility test, were compared with respect to the limits of detection for the presence of viable microorganisms in aqueous solutions at low inoculation levels. The ScanRDI® system employs a combination of direct fluorescent labelin...

A Newcastle disease virus antigen quantification assay has been developed at CIDC-Lelystad as a candidate in vitro potency test for inactivated Newcastle disease vaccines. In studies performed at CIDC-Lelystad, a high correlation was demonstrated between the results of this candidate in vitro potency assay and the results of the serological potency assay (European Pharmacopoeia monograph 0870; ...

Evaluated is the use of thin-layer chromatography (TLC) to determine the quality of paracetamol tablets marketed in Bangladesh. The procedure was carried out using a cheap and rapid TLC method developed by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Reported also is a semiquantitative specific spot test for screening paracetamol tablets. The results obtained indicate that, of the 38 brands tested, t...

Gastrodia elata Blume (G. elata), a traditional Chinese medicine, is widely used for treatment of various neuro dysfunctions. However, its quality control is still limited to the determination of gastrodin. In the present study, two novel strategies based on quantitative evaluation of total gastrodin and gastrodigenin with base hydrolysis and total gastrodigenin with base-enzymatic hydrolysis f...

Method validation is an important requirement for any package of information submitted to international regulatory agencies in support of new product marketing or clinical trials applications. Analytical methods should be validated, including methods published in the relevant pharmacopoeia or other recognized standard references. The suitability of all test methods used should always be verifie...

Purpose: The study was carried out to evaluate the quality of artesunate tablets sold in retail and wholesale pharmacies in Kumasi, Ghana. In particular, the study sought to ascertain the presence or otherwise of counterfeit artesunate tablets in Kumasi. Method: Artesunate tablets were purchased from pharmacies in Kumasi for the study. The mechanical properties of the tablets were evaluated, na...

Rhubarb (Dahuang in Chinese), a well-known chinese herbal medicine, has long been used in the world and is officially listed in Chinese Pharmacopoeia which containing three species, Rheum palmatum L., Rheum officinale Bail and Rheum tanguticum Maxim. ex Balf. [1]. It is also formally listed in European and Japanese Pharmacopoeia [2,3]. This important herbal medicine has been discerned for centu...