farmakopeja
Farmakopeja is a collection of official standards and specifications for medicinal drugs and their preparations. It serves as a guide for the quality control of pharmaceutical substances, ensuring their identity, purity, potency, and other essential characteristics. These standards are established by governmental bodies or professional organizations and are legally binding in many countries. The content of a farmakopeja typically includes monographs for individual drugs, detailing their chemical structure, physical properties, analytical methods for testing, and acceptable limits for impurities. It also provides general chapters on pharmacopoeial procedures, such as methods for assay, dissolution testing, and sterility.
The primary purpose of a farmakopeja is to safeguard public health by ensuring that medicines are safe,