Abstract
Pharmacopoeia, literally means “drug-making”, technically is a book published by the authority of a government or a medical or pharmaceutical society containing directions for the identification of medicines, shortly a legal document containing standards for medicinal commodities. The word is derived from Ancient Greek word pharmakopoiia having three words in it - pharmakon meaning ‘a drug’, the verb-stem poi meaning 'make' and abstract noun ending ia; cumulatively meaning 'drug-mak-ing'. The Greek spellings φ (f), κ (k) and οι (oi) are respectively written as ph, c, and oe in early modern editions of Latin texts giving the spelling pharmacopoeia. Descriptions of each single drugs or preparations included in a Pharmacopoeia are called monographs. They are the only officially recognised book for reference on standards of quality specifications of a synthetic and natural pharmaceutical drug.
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