• British Pharmacopoeia Volume V
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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.