Study Set Content:
facilitates oxidation
AIR:
The warehouse should be cool, dark, and well-ventilatedby dry air
AIR:
Expose the drug to a temperature of ____, preventing insect attacks and other forms Of deterioration
65°C
For the fumigation of large lots of crude drugs use ______ (especially used in warehouses and manufacturing plants)
Methyl Bromide
For small lots of drugs stored in tight, light resistant containers
(tin cans, covered metal bins, amber glass)
Because high temperatures accelerate all chemical reactions, drugs must always be stored at a low temperature as possible. The ideal temperature is just
above freezing
Biologics must be stored at a temperature
between 2°C and 9°C
To evaluate a drug means to identify it and to determine
its quality and purity
means the value of the active constituent which is present
Quality
Using the sense organs
ORGANOLEPTIC
- Using the microscope
MICROSCOPIC
Using living organisms to determine a drug’s pharmacologic activity
BIOLOGIC
The best method of determining the official potency of drugs
CHEMICAL
The application of physical constants to active principles of drugs.
PHYSICAL
Drugs are grouped according to the part of the plant or animal represented, such as roots, leaves, organs,or glands.
MORPHOLOGIC CLASSIFICATION
This type of arrangement is sometimes called the botanic arrangement for plant drugs or the zoologic arrangement for animal drugs
TAXONOMIC CLASSIFICATION
Drugs are employed medicinally for example it acts on the cardiac muscles (e.g. digitalis, strophanthus, and squill)
THERAPEUTIC/PHARMACOLOGIC CLASSIFICATION
This is based on their chemical constituents
CHEMICAL CLASSIFICATION
Drugs consisting of cremocarp fruits
Anise, Fennel, and Caraway Seeds (Umbelliferaefamily)
Drugs obtained from plants having alternate leaves, cymose flowers and fruits that are capsules or berries
Belladonna, Hyoscyamus, and Stramonium (Solanaceae)
