A Pharmacopoeia is a reference work for Pharmaceutical Drug Specifications or it is a reference work containing directions for the identification of samples and the preparation of compound medicines, and published by the authority of a government or a medical or pharmaceutical society. It literally means 'Drug Making' and the name has also been applied to Pharmacopoeias made by private firms. The word is derived from Ancient Greek word for 'Drug', 'Make' and 'Ia (abstract noun ending'. Edwin Smith Papyrus Pharmacopoeia of Egypt, Pliny's pharmacopoeia and De Materia Medica, a five volume book originally written in Greek by Pedanius Dioscorides are considered the major initial works in the field of Pharmacopoeia writing.
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