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[The transition of psychotropic drugs in Japanese Pharmacopoeia (JP) (Part 5); The transition of the standards and the testmethods of valerianae radix between JP VI (1951) and JP XII (1991)]. 1992

K Yanagisawa, and M Yamada

The Japanese Society of History of Pharmacy.

This is the study on the transition of the standards and methods for valerianae radix between JP VI (1951) and JP XII (1991). The results were as follows: Japanese valerianae was used as the same effective drugs as valerianae in Europe since the beginning of Meiji era. Japanese valerianae contained the volatile oil much more than one in Europe and was evaluated from foreign countries. Japanese Valerianae was produced mainly in Kanagawa Prefecture in Japan before World War II. After the war, the production of it transferred from Kanagawa Prefecture to Hokkaido. The standards and methods for valerianae radix were revised accurately between JP VI (1951) and JP XII (1991).

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007564	Japan	A country in eastern Asia, island chain between the North Pacific Ocean and the Sea of Japan, east of the Korean Peninsula. The capital is Tokyo.	Bonin Islands
D010602	Pharmacopoeias as Topic	Works about authoritative treatises on drugs and preparations, their description, formulation, analytic composition, physical constants, main chemical properties used in identification, standards for strength, purity, and dosage, chemical tests for determining identity and purity, etc.	Formulary, National,National Formulary,Formularies, National,National Formularies
D010946	Plants, Medicinal	Plants whose roots, leaves, seeds, bark, or other constituent parts possess therapeutic, tonic, purgative, curative or other pharmacologic attributes, when administered to man or animals.	Herbs, Medicinal,Medicinal Herbs,Healing Plants,Medicinal Plants,Pharmaceutical Plants,Healing Plant,Herb, Medicinal,Medicinal Herb,Medicinal Plant,Pharmaceutical Plant,Plant, Healing,Plant, Medicinal,Plant, Pharmaceutical,Plants, Healing,Plants, Pharmaceutical
D011619	Psychotropic Drugs	A loosely defined grouping of drugs that have effects on psychological function. Here the psychotropic agents include the antidepressive agents, hallucinogens, and tranquilizing agents (including the antipsychotics and anti-anxiety agents).	Psychoactive Agent,Psychoactive Agents,Psychoactive Drug,Psychopharmaceutical,Psychopharmaceuticals,Psychotropic Drug,Psychoactive Drugs,Agent, Psychoactive,Agents, Psychoactive,Drug, Psychoactive,Drug, Psychotropic,Drugs, Psychoactive,Drugs, Psychotropic
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D014632	Valerian	A plant genus of the family VALERIANACEAE, order Dipsacales, subclass Asteridae, class Magnoliopsida. It is best known for the sedative use and valepotriate content of the roots. It is sometimes called Garden Heliotrope but is unrelated to true Heliotrope (HELIOTROPIUM).	Heliotrope, Garden,Valeriana,Valeriana officinalis,Garden Heliotrope,Garden Heliotropes,Heliotropes, Garden,Valeriana officinali,Valerianas,Valerians,officinalis, Valeriana
D049673	History, 20th Century	Time period from 1901 through 2000 of the common era.	20th Century History,20th Cent. History (Medicine),20th Cent. History of Medicine,20th Cent. Medicine,Historical Events, 20th Century,History of Medicine, 20th Cent.,History, Twentieth Century,Medical History, 20th Cent.,Medicine, 20th Cent.,20th Cent. Histories (Medicine),20th Century Histories,Cent. Histories, 20th (Medicine),Cent. History, 20th (Medicine),Century Histories, 20th,Century Histories, Twentieth,Century History, 20th,Century History, Twentieth,Histories, 20th Cent. (Medicine),Histories, 20th Century,Histories, Twentieth Century,History, 20th Cent. (Medicine),Twentieth Century Histories,Twentieth Century History