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
