The Merck Index: An Encyclopedia of Chemicals, Drugs, and Biologicals

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