APC
ANTHROPOSOPHIC PHARMACEUTICAL CODEX
Glossary
In this glossary only those terms are referred to, that need extra clarification prior to the definitions given in part I.
| Pharmaceutical process | General term for substance transformations at different stages to obtain starting materials for medicinal products or a medicinal product. |
| Preparation / active substance | A class of processed starting material specified in the monographs of part II. |
| Production method | A general manufacturing procedure specified in a pharmacopoeia (see e.g. HAB). |
| Starting material | A substance or a composition that meets a specification and can be used as active substance or can be further processed. |
| Raw material | Substance which has not undergone any pharmaceutical process and meets a general quality characterisation, e.g. an optical identification. |
| Vehicle | Vehicles are auxiliary substances which may be used to produce an active substance. Vehicles may be used in the production of mixtures. |
| Excipient | Excipients are auxiliary substances, which may be used for the production of pharmaceutical dosage forms. Excipients may be used in the production of mixtures. |
| Composition | Compositions are starting materials and or preparations with or without vehicles that are jointly treated with a pharmaceutical process that will lead to a new active substance that cannot be described as an addition of its ingredients. The ratio for the composing is the anthroposophic understanding of man and nature. |
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