A 58

[Subsidiary]

CAP. 138] Pharmacy and Poisons Regulations [1987 Ed.

Name of Poison Particulars

Belladonna, alkaloids of L.N. 137/78.

Calabar bean, alkaloids of

Coca, alkaloids of

Colchicum, alkaloids of

Ephedra, alkaloids of

Ergot, alkaloids of

Gelsemium, alkaloids of

Lobelia, alkaloids of

Pilocarpus, alkaloids of

Pomegranate, alkaloids of

Quebracho, alkaloids of, other than the alkaloids of red quebracho

Sabadilla, alkaloids of

Stavesacre, alkaloids of

Veratrum, alkaloids of

Yohimba, alkaloids of

Antimonial poisons The proportion of antimony trioxide (Sb2O3) or antimony pentoxide (Sb2O5) that the preparation would be calculated to contain on the assumption that the antimony (Sb) in the poison had been wholly converted into antimony trioxide or antimony pentoxide as the case may be.

Arsenical poisons The proportion of arsenic trioxide (As2O3) or arsenic pentoxide (As2O5) that the preparation would be calculated to contain on the assumption that the arsenic (As) in the poison had been wholly converted into arsenic trioxide or arsenic pentoxide as the case may be.

Digitalis, glycosides of; other active principles of digitalis The number of units of activity as defined in the British Pharmacopoeia contained in a specified quantity of the preparation.

Hydrocyanic acid; cyanides; other than ferrocyanides and ferricyanides The proportion of hydrocyanic acid (HCN) that the preparation would be calculated to contain on the assumption that the cyanides in the poison had been wholly converted into hydrocyanic acid.

Insulin The number of units of activity as defined in the British Pharmacopoeia contained in a specified quantity of the preparation.

Lead, compounds of, with acids from fixed oils The proportion of lead oxide (PbO) that the preparation would be calculated to contain on the assumption that the lead in the poison had been wholly converted into lead oxide.

Mercury, organic compounds of The proportion of organically-combined mercury (Hg) contained in the preparation.

Nux Vomica The proportion of strychnine contained in the preparation.

Opium The proportion of morphine contained in the preparation.

Phenols The proportion of phenols (added together) contained in the preparation.

Compounds of a phenol with a metal The proportion of phenols (added together) that the preparation would be calculated to contain on the assumption that the compounds of phenols with a metal had been wholly converted into the corresponding phenols.

The same as above, with the substitution for the reference to aconite of a reference to belladonna, calabar bean or such other of the said poisons as the case may require.

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