Physical and physicochemical testing methods
- Clarity and degree of opalescence of liquids
- Degree of coloration of liquids
- Potentiometric determination of pH
- Relationship between reaction of solution, approximate pH and colour of certain indicators
- Relative density
- Refractive index
- Optical rotation
- Viscosity-rotating viscosity meter method
- Distillation range
- Boiling point
- Melting point – capillary method
- Freezing point
- Potentiometric titration
- Absorption spectrophotometry, infrared
- Absorption spectrophotometry, ultraviolet and visible
- Thin-layer chromatography
- Gas chromatography GD – FID
- Gas chromatography Headspace – FID
- Liquid chromatography
- HPLC – UV/VIS
- HPLC – UV/VIS (DAD)
- HPLC – RI
- HPLC – fluorescence
- Loss on drying
- Conductivity
- Identification
- Identification reactions of ions and functional groups
- Identification of fatty oils by thin-layer chromatography
- Odour
- Limit tests
- Ammonium
- Arsenic
- Calcium
- Chlorides
- Magnesium
- Magnesium and alkaline-earth metals
- Heavy metals
- Iron
- Phosphates
- Potassium
- Sulphates
- Sulphated ash
- Nickel in polyols
- Total ash
- Aluminium
- Free formaldehyde
- Composition of fatty acids by gas chromatography
- Assay
- Acid value
- Ester value
- Hydroxyl value
- Iodine value
- Peroxide value
- Saponification value
- Unsaponifiable matter
- Determination of primary aromatic amino-nitrogen
- Complexometric titrations
- Water: semi-micro determination
- Water micro determination
- Ethanol content and alcoholimetric tables
Biological
- Microbiological examination of non-sterile products: microbial enumeration tests
- Microbiological examination of non-sterile products: test for specified micro-organisms
- Microbiological assay of antibiotics
- Efficacy of preservation
Methods in pharmacognosy
- Dry residue of extracts
- Loss on drying of extracts
- Visual examination of herbals
- Microscopically examination of herbals
Pharmaceutical technical procedures
- Disintegration of tablets and capsules
- Dissolution test for solid dosage form
- Uniformity of mass of single-dose preparations
- Uniformity of content of single-dose preparations
- Friability of uncoated tablets
- Resistance to crushing of tablets
- Apparent volume
- Test for extractable volume of parenteral preparations
- Uniformity of mass of delivered doses from multidose containers
- Bulk density and tapped density of powders
- Sieving of powders