Horseradish FHP / Cochlearia armoracia PPH

Ansm

Description

Pharmacopée française - Préparations homéopathiques
02/07/2012

Sujets

• Anglais
• Médecine

Informations

• Publié par: ansm-pharmacopee-francaise
• Publié le: 02 juillet 2012
• Nombre de lectures: 5
• Licence : En savoir +
  Paternité, pas d'utilisation commerciale, pas de modification
• Langue: English

Extrait

  HORSERADISH  FOR HOMOEOPATHIC PREPARATIONS   COCHLEARIA ARMORACIA FOR HOMOEOPATHIC PREPARATIONS   Armoracia rusticana ad praeparationes homoeopathicas     DEFINITION    Fresh root ofArmoracia rusticanare,n.taG   Mey.   et   Srehc b.     CHARACTERS    Odourless when whole and intact, giving off a strong, characteristic, eye-watering odour when broken or crushed.     IDENTIFICATION    Horseradish root is thick and fleshy, reaching up to 1 m in length and 3-4 cm in diameter. It is grey- yellow and somewhat glossy. It is covered in long, fine rootlets. The fracture is white, short and non-fibrous.     TESTS   Foreign matter(2.8.2): maximum 5 per cent.   Loss on drying(2.2.32): minimum 60.0 per cent, determined on 5.0 g of finely cut drug, by drying in an oven at 105 °C, for 2 h.       STOCK     DEFINITION    Horseradish mother tincture is prepared with ethanol (55 per centV/V), using the fresh root of Armoracia rusticanaGaertn., Mey. et Scherb.   Content: minimum 0.050 per centm/m total glucosinolates, expressed as sinigrin of (C 10 H 16 NO 9 S 2 K, H 2 O;Mr 415.5).

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