ANNEX 2
ABBREVIATIONS USED IN THE MONOGRAPHS
ABP arterial blood pressure)
ALAT alanine aminotransferase
AP alkaline phosphatase
BP blood pressure
BSP bromosulfophthalein
BSP sulfobromophthalein
CHO/HGPRT Chinese hamster ovary cells (HGPRT locus)
CMC carboxymethyl cellulose
d day
DMF dimethylformamide
DMSO Dimethylsulfoxide
dp/dt cardiac output
ECG electrocardiogram
F female
FAO Food and Agriculture Organization of the United
Nations
FEV forced expiratory volume
FSH follicle stimulating hormone
GLC gas liquid chromatography
h hour
Ht haematocrit
IgA Immunoglobin A
IU international unit
IVEDP left ventricular end diastolic pressure
LH luteinizing hormone
LVP left ventricular pressure)
m minute
M male
MIC Minimum Inhibitory Concentration
MS mass spectroscopy
NEL No-effect level
ng nanogram
NOEL no-observed-effect level
NZ New Zealand
OECD Organisation for Economic Cooperation and
Development
OP original pathologist
PEG polyethylene glycol
ppb parts per billion
ppm parts per million
PPZ propionylpromazine
PQ interval in an ECG between the end of the P wave
and the beginning of the QRS complex
PSE pale, soft, exudative
PWG Pathology Working Group
RBC red blood cell
RP review pathologist
SGOT serum glutamate-oxalatetransaminase
SGPT serum glutamate-pyruvatetransaminase
SAP serum alkaline phosphatase
SCE sister chromatid exchange
Spp species
t´ half-reaction time
t.i.d. three times daily
TLC thin-layer chromatography
USP United States Pharmacopoeia
UV ultraviolet
VC vital capacity
Vdss volume of distribution
vs. versus
WHO World Health Organization