Book Details

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.

Compounds included:

• drugs for humans and animals
  
• biotech drugs and monoclonal antibodies
  
• substances used for medical imaging
  
• plants and traditional medicines
  
• food additives and nutritional supplements
  
• flavours and fragrances
  
• agricultural chemicals, pesticides and herbicides
  
• industrial and specialty chemicals
  
• laboratory reagents and catalysts
  
• dyes, colours and indicators
  
• environmentally significant compounds

Information provided:

• >50,000 chemical, common and generic names
  
• >15,000 trademarks and associated companies
  
• >12,000 CAS Registry Numbers
  
• >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

New Features

• Printed edition includes companion CD and 1 year personal web subscription
  
• Electronic versions are searchable by keywords, references and numerical properties, and provide access to 989 monographs retired from the 12th and 13th Editions
  
• Over 700 new and completely revised monographs
  
• Thousands of new references, trademarks, uses and physical properties added to existing monographs
  
• More than 35 new monographs for “Name Reagents¿ including references to preparation and synthetic applications
  
• Expanded focus on “Green Chemistry¿ and compounds of environmental significance
  
• Company and trademark information updated to reflect the mergers and changes in the chemical, pharmaceutical and agricultural industries
  
• Molecular weights recalculated using the 2005 IUPAC Table of Standard Atomic Weights
  
• Supplemental tables extensively revised, including new tables for Vaccines, Acronyms used in Chemistry and Biomedical Sciences, Physical Constants, and Monosaccharide Structures
  
• Updated Organic Name Reaction section