The Merck Index: An Encyclopedia of Chemicals, Drugs, And Biologicals - Hardcover

Merck

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 091191000X ISBN 13: 9780911910001

Verlag: Merck, 2006

Inhaltsangabe

The Merck Index is a one-volume encyclopedia of chemicals, drugs and biologicals that contains more than 10,000 monographs. Each monograph in this authoritative reference source is a concise description of a single substance or a small group of closely related compounds.

Compounds included:

• human and veterinary drugs

• biotech drugs and monoclonal antibodies

• substances used for medical imaging

• biologicals and natural products

• plants and traditional medicines

• nutraceuticals and cosmeceuticals

• agriculturals, pesticides and herbicides

• Organic chemicals used in research

• Food additives and supplements

• dyes, colors and indicators

• environmentally significant substances

Information provided:

• chemical, common and generic names

• Over 15,000 trademarks and associated companies

• CAS Registry Numbers for over 12,000 compounds

• Over 8,500 chemical structures

• molecular formulae, weights and percentage composition

• capsule statements identifying compound classes and scientific significance

• scientific and patent literature references

• physical and toxicity data

• therapeutic and commercial uses

• caution and hazard information

In addition, there are more than 700 new and completely revised monographs, thousands of new references, trademarks and uses added to existing monographs. Now includes a companion CD-ROM which features 989 monographs no longer available in print, organic name reactions, supplemental tables and a new user interface for user-friendly searching.

Features of the CD:

• Searchable by keywords, references, and numerical properties
• Search the complete contents of the 14th edition, plus nearly a thousand monographs archived from previous editions
• Comes with a free one-year subscription to the Merck Index Internet Edition
• Windows-compatible CD powered by CambridgeSoft's ChemFinder
• Extensively revised supplemental tables now including acronyms, vaccines, and physical constants
• More than 70 pages of hard to find information in one easy-to-use place

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Críticas

"...the quality of the contents in one concise volume makes TMI the premier work of its kind...should be available as part of the arms-reach searching armamentarium of laboratory scientists of many stripes..." (Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling, March 2007) "The Merck Index was first published in 1899, and it will continue to serve as the standard reference for chemists, biochemists, pharmacologists, pharmacists, and other health professionals." (Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, February 8, 2007)

Reseña del editor

The Merck Index is a world renowned, authoritative handbook of chemical, pharmaceutical and biomedical information that contains more than 10,000 monographs, 32 supplemental tables and 450 Organic Name Reactions. The monograph section provides a critically evaluated, concise description of more than 18,000 substances. Compounds are indexed by Name, Formulae, CAS Registry Number and Therapeutic Category/Biological Activity.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Merck
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2006
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 091191000X
• ISBN 13: 9780911910001
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 1740
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
• Verantwortliche Person: Nicht verfügbar