| B.P. | = | British Pharmacopoeia. |
| B.P.C. | = | British Pharmaceutical Codex. |
| B.P. Conf. F. | = | British Pharmaceutical Conference Unofficial Formulary, 1901. |
| C.F. | = | Canadian Formulary of Unofficial Preparations, 1900. |
| Ed.Ph. | = | Edinburgh Pharmacopoeia, 1841. |
| G.F. | = | Glasgow and West of Scotland Formulary, 1908. |
| I.C.A. | = | Indian and Colonial Addendum (1900) to the British Pharmacopoeia, 1898. |
| N.F. | = | National Formulary of Unofficial Preparations, 1906. |
| N.O. | = | Natural Order. |
| Ph.D. | = | Pharmacopoea Dublinensis, 1850. |
| Ph.Fr. | = | Pharmacopoea Française, 1908. |
| Ph.G. | = | Pharmacopoea Germanica, 1900. |
| P. I. | = | Prescriptio Internationalis of the Brussels Conference for the Unification of Pharmacopoeial Formulas for Potent Drugs, 1902. |
| P. L. | = | Pharmacopoea Londinensis, 1851. |
| S.G. | = | Specific Gravity. |
| Syn. | = | Synonym. |
| U.S.P. | = | Pharmacopoeia of the United States of America, 1900. |
| w/v | = | Weight in Volume. |