Medical, Dictionaries & Terminology, Pharmacy, Reference, Pharmacology 

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 - from Amzon