- British Pharmacopoeia Volume V
- Appendices
Appendix XXIV Abbreviations |
ATCC* |
American Type Culture Collection. |
BPCRS |
British Pharmacopoeia Chemical Reference Substance (see Appendix I E). |
BRP |
Biological reference preparation (see Appendix I E). |
BS |
British Standard. |
CCID50 |
Cell culture infective dose (the dose of the micro-organism that infects 50% of the cell cultures inoculated). |
CIP* |
Collection de Bactéries de l'Institut Pasteur. |
CRS |
Chemical reference substance (see Appendix I E). |
DNA |
Deoxyribonucleic acid. |
EID50 |
Egg embryos infective dose (the dose of the micro-organism that infects 50% of the embryonated eggs inoculated). |
EPBRP |
European Pharmacopoeia Biological Reference Preparation (see Appendix I E). |
EPCRS |
European Pharmacopoeia Chemical Reference Substance (see Appendix I E). |
FIP |
International Pharmaceutical Federation. |
g |
Acceleration due to gravity. |
HIV |
Human immunodeficiency virus |
ID50 |
Infective dose 50 (the dose of the micro-organism that infects 50% of the animals inoculated). |
IMI* |
Commonwealth Mycological Institute. |
IP* |
Collection Nationale de Cultures de Microorganismes (CNCM). |
ISO |
International Organization for Standardization. |
IU |
International Unit |
IUPAC |
International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry. |
LD50 |
Lethal dose 50 (the dose of the preparation or organism that kills 50% of the animals inoculated). |
MID |
Minimum infective dose. |
MLD |
Minimum lethal dose. |
MRI |
Magnetic resonance imaging. |
NCIMB* |
National Collection of Industrial and Marine Bacteria. |
NCPF* |
National Collection of Pathogenic Fungi. |
NCTC* |
National Collection of Type Cultures. |
NCYC* |
National Collection of Yeast Cultures. |
PD50 |
Protective dose 50 (the dose of the preparation that protects 50% of the animals inoculated). |
ppm |
Parts per million by weight. |
SI |
International System of Units. |
SN50 |
Serum neutralising dose 50 (the amount of serum that will protect 50% of the cultures against the specified amount of virus). |
SSI |
Statens Serum Institut (Copenhagen). |
THM |
Traditional Herbal Medicine. |
THMP |
Traditional Herbal Medicinal Product. |
VS |
Volumetric solution (see Appendix I B). |
µkat |
Microkatal: the enzyme activity that, under defined conditions, produces 1 micromole of the reaction product per second or consumes one micromole of the reaction substrate per second. |
* Strains of the micro-organisms referred to in the Pharmacopoeia may be obtained from:
ATCC |
American Type Culture Collection, 10801 University Boulevard, Manassas, Virginia 20110-2209, USA |
CIP |
Collection de Bactéries de l'Institut Pasteur, BP 52, 25 Rue du Dr-Roux, F-75724, Paris Cedex 15, France. |
IMI |
International Mycological Institute, Bakeham Lane, Surrey TW20 9TY, England |
IP |
Service de la Collection Nationale de Culture de Microorganismes (CNCM), Institut Pasteur, 25 Rue de Dr Roux, F-75724, Paris Cedex 15 France |
NCIMB |
National Collection of Industrial and Marine Bacteria Ltd, 23 St Machar Drive, Aberdeen, AB24 3RY, Scotland. |
NCPF |
National Collection of Pathogenic Fungi, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London WC1E 7HT, England. |
NCTC |
National Collection of Type Cultures, Central Public Health Laboratory, Colindale Avenue, London NW9 5HT, England. |
NCYC |
National Collection of Yeast Cultures, AFRC Food Research Institute, Colney Lane, Norwich NR4 7UA, England. |