The Merck Index

by O'Neil, Maryadele J.; O'Neil, Maryadele J.; Smith, Ann; Heckelman, Patricia E.; Obenchain, John R.

• ISBN13: 9780911910131
• ISBN10: 0911910131
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-09-01
• Publisher: Merck & Co

Summary

For information on chemical substances, The Merck Index has been the definitive resource for more than 110 years. Now, the book at the right hand of scientists is about to get even better. The newly updated Thirteenth Edition of this best-selling book contains morethan 10,000 entries on chemicals, drugs, and natural substances, CAS registry numbers and physical data.

Table of Contents

Periodic chart
Foreword	p. v
Acknowledgments	p. vi
Explanatory notes	p. viii
Table of Abbreviations	p. xiii
Monographs	p. 1
Miscellaneous Tables	p. 1
Alphabetical List of Tables	p. 1
Glossary	p. 2
International Patent Country Codes	p. 7
Company Register	p. 8
Code Letters Used by Companies for Experimental Substances	p. 18
International Non-proprietary Names for Radicals and Groups Proposed by the World Health Organization (WHO)	p. 22
United States Adopted Names (USAN) Council Contractions for Radicals and Adducts	p. 23
Indicators	p. 24
Amino Acid Abbreviations and pKa Values	p. 28
Chemical Terms Translator	p. 26
Common Heterocyclic Ring Systems	p. 29
Thermometric Equivalents	p. 28
International System of Units (SI)	p. 30
Numerical Prefixes Commonly Used in Forming Chemical Names	p. 31
Alchemical Symbols Used in Biology and Botany	p. 31
Prescription Notation	p. 31
Isotonic Solutions	p. 32
Radioactive Isotopes Used in Medical Diagnosis and Therapy	p. 43
Latin Terms	p. 50
Greek Alphabet	p. 52
Russian Alphabet	p. 52
Roman Numerals	p. 52
Universal Conversion Factors	p. 53
Organic Name Reactions	p. 1
Cas Registry Number Index	p. 1
Therapeutic Category and Biological Activity Index	p. 1
Formula Index	p. 1
Name Index	p. 1
Atomic weights
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