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
