Substance Specific Guidelines

This Editorial Guide is used for Education Purposes Only. It is used in the Authoring Courses and Certifications. It is based on the January 2026 Editorial Guide.

This section of the document provides guidance for specific types of substances.

• Antibodies and antigens

• Antivenom

• Autoantibody

• Conjugate acids, bases and salts

• Deoxyribonucleic acid and ribonucleic acid

• Edible substances

• Extracts

• Flap substances

• Fractionated and unfractionated substances

• Hydrates and anhydrous substances

• Ions and electrolyte substances

• Isomers

• Metabolites

• Radioactive substances

• Saturated or unsaturated substances

• Substances specifying a source or origin

• Substances specifying bound

• Substances specifying free or unbound or unconjugated

• Substances specifying intact, fragment or subunit

• Substances specifying physical state or physical form

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