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EUROPEAN PHARMACOPOEIA 5.3 INDEX To aid users the index includes a reference to the supplement where the latest version of a text can be found. For example: Acetone...............................................5.1-2875 means the monograph Acetone can be found on page 2875 of Supplement 5.1. Note that where no reference for a supplement is made, the text can be found in the principal volume. GeneralNotices(1)applytoallmonographsandothertexts 3649 EUROPEAN PHARMACOPOEIA 5.3 3650 See the information section on general monographs (cover pages) EUROPEAN PHARMACOPOEIA 5.3 Index Numerics 2.2.56. Amino acid analysis ....................................................... 86 1.1. General statements.................................................................5 2.2.5. Relative density................................................................. 27 1.2. Other provisions applying to general chapters and 2.2.6. Refractive index ................................................................ 28 monographs...................................................................................5 2.2.7. Optical rotation................................................................. 28 1.3. General chapters.....................................................................6 2.2.8. Viscosity.............................................................................. 29 1.4. Monographs .............................................................................7 2.2.9. Capillary viscometer method......................................... 29 1.5. Abbreviations and symbols...................................................9 2.2. Physical and physicochemical methods.......................... 23 1.6. Units of the International System (SI) used in the 2.3.1. Identification reactions of ions and functional Pharmacopoeia and equivalence with other units..............10 groups .......................................................................................... 95 1,8-Cineole in essential oils, assay of (2.8.11.)......................216 2.3.2. Identification of fatty oils by thin-layer 1. General notices...........................................................................5 chromatography......................................................................... 98 2.1.1. Droppers..............................................................................17 2.3.3. Identification of phenothiazines by thin-layer 2.1.2. Comparative table of porosity of sintered-glass chromatography......................................................................... 99 filters..............................................................................................17 2.3.4. Odour.................................................................................. 99 2.1.3. Ultraviolet ray lamps for analytical purposes..............17 2.3. Identification......................................................................... 95 2.1.4. Sieves ...................................................................................18 2.4.10. Lead in sugars............................................................... 107 2.1.5. Tubes for comparative tests ............................................19 2.4.11. Phosphates..................................................................... 108 2.1.6. Gas detector tubes.............................................................19 2.4.12. Potassium....................................................................... 108 2.1. Apparatus ...............................................................................17 2.4.13. Sulphates ....................................................................... 108 2.2.10. Viscosity - Rotating viscometer method.........5.3-3337 2.4.14. Sulphated ash ......................................................5.3-3341 2.2.11. Distillation range............................................................ 30 2.4.15. Nickel in polyols ........................................................... 108 2.2.12. Boiling point ....................................................................31 2.4.16. Total ash......................................................................... 108 2.2.13. Determination of water by distillation....................... 32 2.4.17. Aluminium...................................................................... 108 2.2.14. Melting point - capillary method................................. 32 2.4.18. Free formaldehyde ....................................................... 109 2.2.15. Melting point - open capillary method ...................... 33 2.4.19. Alkaline impurities in fatty oils ................................. 109 2.2.16. Melting point - instantaneous method ...................... 33 2.4.1. Ammonium....................................................................... 103 2.2.17. Drop point........................................................................ 33 2.4.21. Foreign oils in fatty oils by thin-layer 2.2.18. Freezing point................................................................. 34 chromatography....................................................................... 109 2.2.19. Amperometric titration ................................................. 34 2.4.22. Composition of fatty acids by gas 2.2.1. Clarity and degree of opalescence of liquids.............. 23 chromatography........................................................................110 2.2.20. Potentiometric titration................................................ 35 2.4.23. Sterols in fatty oils..............................................5.1-2787 2.2.21. Fluorimetry...................................................................... 35 2.4.24. Identification and control of residual solvents...... 113 2.2.22. Atomic emission spectrometry.................................... 35 2.4.25. Ethylene oxide and dioxan..........................................118 2.2.23. Atomic absorption spectrometry ................................ 36 2.4.26. N,N-Dimethylaniline .....................................................119 2.2.24. Absorption spectrophotometry, infrared .................. 37 2.4.27. Heavy metals in herbal drugs and fatty oils............119 2.2.25. Absorption spectrophotometry, ultraviolet and 2.4.28. 2-Ethylhexanoic acid ................................................... 120 visible.................................................................................5.2-3089 2.4.29. Composition of fatty acids in oils rich in 2.2.26. Paper chromatography ................................................. 40 omega-3-acids............................................................................ 121 2.2.27. Thin-layer chromatography...............................5.2-3090 2.4.2. Arsenic .............................................................................. 103 2.2.28. Gas chromatography ..................................................... 42 2.4.30. Ethylene glycol and diethylene glycol in ethoxylated 2.2.29. Liquid chromatography ................................................ 43 substances........................................................................5.2-3095 2.2.2. Degree of coloration of liquids...................................... 24 2.4.3. Calcium............................................................................. 103 2.2.30. Size-exclusion chromatography.................................. 45 2.4.4. Chlorides .......................................................................... 104 2.2.31. Electrophoresis ............................................................... 45 2.4.5. Fluorides .......................................................................... 104 2.2.32. Loss on drying................................................................ 50 2.4.6. Magnesium....................................................................... 104 2.2.33. Nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometry...............51 2.4.7. Magnesium and alkaline-earth metals ....................... 104 2.2.34. Thermal analysis............................................................. 52 2.4.8. Heavy metals ................................................................... 104 2.2.35. Osmolality........................................................................ 54 2.4.9. Iron .................................................................................... 107 2.2.36. Potentiometric determination of ionic 2.4. Limit tests............................................................................ 103 concentration using ion-selective electrodes....................... 55 2.5.10. Oxygen-flask method................................................... 130 2.2.37. X-ray fluorescence spectrometry................................. 56 2.5.11. Complexometric titrations.......................................... 130 2.2.38. Conductivity .........................................................5.1-2783 2.5.12. Water: semi-micro determination ............................. 130 2.2.39. Molecular mass distribution in dextrans .................. 57 2.5.13. Aluminium in adsorbed vaccines...............................131 2.2.3. Potentiometric determination of pH............................ 26 2.5.14. Calcium in adsorbed vaccines ....................................131 2.2.40. Near-infrared spectrophotometry ............................... 59 2.5.15. Phenol in immunosera and vaccines ........................131 2.2.41. Circular dichroism.......................................................... 63 2.5.16. Protein in polysaccharide vaccines