Japanese Pharmacopoeia 16th Edition

 In July 2006, the Committee on JP established the basic principles for the preparation of the JP 16th Edition, setting out the roles and characteristics of the JP, the definite measures for the revision, and the date of the revision.

The JP 16th Edition carries 1764 articles, owing to the addition of 106 articles and the deletion of 15 articles.The JP 16th Edition comprises the following items, in order: Notification of MHLW; Contents; Preface; General Notices; General Rules for Crude Drugs; General Rules for Preparations; General Tests, Processes and Apparatus; Official Monographs; then followed by Infrared Reference Spectra and Ultraviolet-visible Reference Spectra; General Information; Table of Standard Atomic Weights 2010 as an appendix; and a Cumulative Index.

The articles in General Rules for Preparations, Official Monographs, Infrared Reference Spectra and Ultraviolet-visible Reference Spectra are respectively placed in alphabetical order in principle.The following items in each monograph are put in the order shown below, except that unnecessary items are omitted depending on the nature of the drug:

(1) English title

(2) Commonly used name(s)

(3) Latin title (only for crude drugs)

(4) Title in Japanese

(5) Structural formula or empirical formula

(6) Molecular formula and molecular mass

(7) Chemical name

(8) CAS Registry Number

(9) Origin

(10) Limits of the content of the ingredient(s) and/or the unit of potency

(11) Labeling requirements

(12) Method of preparation

(13) Description/Description of crude drugs

(14) Identification tests

(15) Specific physical and/or chemical values

(16) Purity tests

(17) Loss on drying or Ignition, or Water

(18) Residue on ignition, Total ash or Acid-insoluble ash

(19) Tests being required for pharmaceutical preparations and other special tests

(20) Isomer ratio

(21) Assay or the content of the ingredient(s)

(22) Containers and storage

(23) Expiration date

(24) Others