The Merck Index: An Encyclopedia of Chemicals, Drugs, and Biologicals (Merck Index)
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Publisher: Merck
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ISBN-10 / ASIN: 091191000X
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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.
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Compounds included:
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( o7 }+ _7 F0 h2 V1 e- F8 U• human and veterinary drugs
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, d9 z* h: K$ G/ n. C; }& h/ I0 \: Y• biotech drugs and monoclonal antibodies
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: Q/ e1 [- @! L' Q• substances used for medical imaging
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7 g8 ^9 u! h$ y, I7 K+ i• biologicals and natural products
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1 T; b( s: p! q m' P, P+ A$ c• plants and traditional medicines
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" \7 A( E5 U' i& w8 K" C; {( m• nutraceuticals and cosmeceuticals
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• Organic chemicals used in research
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2 p/ J8 f% h# w3 G/ d• Food additives and supplements
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4 d' F; O! s7 N6 T$ w• dyes, colors and indicators
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Information provided:
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• chemical, common and generic names
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" r) E4 F" Y$ F3 u$ \# ~• Over 15,000 trademarks and associated companies
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2 M& x S! \* Y0 b- g: T• CAS Registry Numbers for over 12,000 compounds
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• Over 8,500 chemical structures
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• molecular formulae, weights and percentage composition
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- m) a% T c- J6 y/ o2 |" F' f• scientific and patent literature references
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• physical and toxicity data
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/ ?" E. ^) m1 I# O• therapeutic and commercial uses
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• caution and hazard information
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8 k4 s$ e' F: a) D/ pIn 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.
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Features of the CD:
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Searchable by keywords, references, and numerical properties
9 s: F, `( W6 GSearch the complete contents of the 14th edition, plus nearly a thousand monographs archived from previous editions
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Comes with a free one-year subscription to the Merck Index Internet Edition
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Windows-compatible CD powered by CambridgeSoft's ChemFinder
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Extensively revised supplemental tables now including acronyms, vaccines, and physical constants
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More than 70 pages of hard to find information in one easy-to-use place
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Summary: There is a major bug with the CD software.
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Rating: 4
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The problem can be resolved by thier "stupid" customer service people, if you can somehow convince them that you have the correct CD. The Merck software is excellent, and the Cambridgesoft software running it is terrible, I feel sorry for Merck. It wouldn't run properly on my machine, I had to go back and forth over 4 days to resolve this issue with their outsourced (to India) technical staff via email. Apparently if you have a previous version of Merck installed with Cambridgesoft software on your XP, then you will need to perform some surgery on your Registry, and then install an update into certain files locaed on the C drive.
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Once you get it working, it should be fine.
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* L% m, b6 O$ @7 z$ MNo doubt however that the TEXT Merck Index is EXCELLENT.
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Summary: Great Reference - BEWARE MISSING PAGES
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This is an indispensable reference book. I use it daily. I recently upgraded to this most recent version. I have had it about 3 weeks. I went to look up quinine today and couldn't find the Q's. Then I had a brief moment of disbelief and I recited the alphabet to myself to make sure I wasn't missing something. Then, I noticed my copy skipped from page 1376 to page 1425! Fortunately I can still exchange the book, but beware....count your pages when you get this book.
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Otherwise, great book. And the included CD-ROM provides a little extra searching power. I would prefer that the CD interface and printouts were a little cleaner.
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Summary: MERCK'S REVELATIONS
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Rating: 4
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, s" f# a: V$ S1 b' ]0 c' jThis edition of "The Merck Index: An Encyclopedia of Chemicals, Drugs, Biologicals" shows remarkable improvement over its predecessor.
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Boasting of diverse groups of chemicals and pharmaceuticals, it is a success in its own right. There are just plenty to be explored! The book brims with accurate up-to-date information. Pharmacists, Medics, Chemists, Biologists, Physicists, Agriculturists, and many other professionals who work with elements, compounds and mixtures will find this book very useful. It is revised, and is complemented with detailed descriptions, which include molecular formulae, molecular weights, as well as the percentage compositions of constituent chemicals in a compound or mixture.
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It is a valuable reference tool.
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2 L" s. a3 i" I1 N2 o9 I9 cSummary: Excellent chemical reference!
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Rating: 5
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This book must be the most organized reference book I have ever used. Its so fulfilling to be able to find exactly what you're looking for when you need it. Includes a common name index, chemical formula index, as well as registry numbers, therapeutic categories for drugs, useful tables, and organic chemical equations. highly recommended!
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Rating: 1
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personally, I think that this index has the most innacurate information available. It never has what most people need and it's too hard to use.
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