Dictionary of Drugs

USAN and the USP Dictionary of Drug Names," American Pharmaceutical Association, Washington, D.C., 1978, p. 151. 

United States Adapted Names (USAN) and the USP Dictionary of Drug Names, United States Pharmacopeial Convention, Inc., 1992. 

In addition to the publications dealing with ingredients, there are also publications dealing with nomenclature (e.g., United States Approved Name (USAN) and USP Dictionary of Drug Names), information indexing (e.g., Index Medicus, National Library of Medicine), and information retrieval (e.g., computer-based Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System MEDLARS and MEDLINE, National Library of Medicine). 

M.C. Griffith, in USAN and USP Dictionary of Drug Names, 1961-1980, Cumulative List, US Pharmacopoeial Convention Inc. Rockville, MD., 1980. 

ChemCore module to three-dimensionalize 2D structures, interfaces to reformat MACCS, SMILES, or DARC-2D databases, ChemDBS-1 module to build 3D databases, and ChemDBS-3D module to search 3D databases. Database searching accounts for conformational flexibility while storing only one conformation. Chapman 8c Hall s 3D Dictionary of Drugs (12,000 medicinally interesting compounds), 3D Dictionary of Natural Products (50,000 antibiotics, alkaloids, and terpenoids), and 3D Dictionary of Fine Chemicals (105,000 organics). 

A detailed examination of the 2005 edition of the USAN Dictionary of Drug Names turned up 220 new non-proprietary names that had been assigned since the appearance of Volume 6. Many of these compounds represent quite novel structural types first identified by sophisticated new... 

Efforts are under way to make the USP-NF more useful worldwide. Incorporation of monographs for multi-vitamin products, biotechnology-derived products, veterinary drugs, and botanicals and other dietary supplements help. The US AN and USP Dictionary of Drug Names has wide international applicability, thereby making it a repository of International Names Nomenclature (INN) and British Adopted Names (BAN), as well as U.S. Adopted Names (USAN). Pharmacopeial Forum now contains announcements of proposals from the Japanese Pharmacopeia and European Pharmacopeia for revision of standards for international harmonization. 

Elks J, Ganellin CR (1990) Diltiazem in dictionary of drugs. Chapmann and Hall, London, 426... 

The USP is also home to the USAN (The USP Dictionary of U.S. Adopted iVames and International Drug Names). This compendium is recognized throughout the healthcare industry as the authoritative dictionary of drugs. The USP maintains an electronic Web site that can be accessed for useful drug naming, classification, and standards information (http //www.usp.org). 

MC Griffiths (ed), USAN and the USP Dictionary of Drugs Names, United States Pharmacopoeial Convention Inc Rockville, (1985). 

Elks, Ganellin, G. R. Dictionary of Drugs Chapman Hall London, 1990. 

A module of the CHEM-X modelling system (see modelling section). Storage and retrieval of two- and three-dimensional structures with substructure-search capability. Available databases include Chapman Hall Dictionary of Drugs (15,000 compounds). Chapman Hall Dictionary of Fine Chemicals (120,000 small organics). Chapman Hall Dictionary of Natural Products (54,000), Derwent Standard Drug File (31,000 biologically active compounds), ChemReact (370,000 reaction types) and others. 

Dictionary of Drugs, 1990, 2 volumes, ISBN 0 412 27300 4 Dictionary of Alkaloids, 1989, 2 volumes, ISBN 0 412 24910 3 Dictionary of Antibotics and Related Substances, 1987, ISBN 0 412 25450 6 Dictionary of Organophosphorus Compounds, 1987, ISBN 0 412 25790 4... 

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