The Merck index : an encyclopedia of chemicals, drugs, and biologicals /
Martha Windholz, editor ; Susan Budavari, co-editor ; Rosemary F. Blumetti, associate editor ; Elizabeth S. Otterbein, assistant editor.
- Tenth editon
- Rahway, N.J., U.S.A. : Merck & Co. Inc., c1983.
- 2179 p. in various pagings : ill. ; 26 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Contents: Periodic chart -- Editor's preface -- Acknowledgements -- Explanatory notes -- Abbreviations-- Monographs -- Organic name reactions -- Miscellaneous tables -- Alphabetical list of tables -- Selected biochemical and immunological abbreviations -- Code letters used by companies for experimental substances -- Company register -- Abbreviated term used by the U.S. Adopted Names Council (USAN) for pharmalogically inactive radicals -- International non-proprietary names for radicals and groups proposed by the World Health Organization (WHO) -- Table of radioactive isotopes -- Radioactive isotopes used in medical therapy and diagnosis -- Isotonic solutions -- Greek and Russian alphabets -- Roman numerals -- Numerical prefixes commonly used in forming chemical names -- Alchemical symbols used in biology and botany -- Prescription notation -- Latin terms -- Maximum allowable concentration of air contaminants -- International system of units (SI) -- Universal conversion factors -- Molar volumes of frequently used laboratory chemicals -- Weight of liquids -- Specific gravity comparisons -- Percentage solution tables -- Concentration of acids and bases -- Saturated solutions -- Cooling mixtures -- Constant-humidity solutions -- Indicators -- Standard buffers for calibration of pH meters -- pH values of standard solutions -- Thermometric equivalents.
English
911910271 [hardbound]
83061075
Drugs--Dictionaries.
Chemicals--Dictionaries.
Biomolecules--Dictionaries.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Contents: Periodic chart -- Editor's preface -- Acknowledgements -- Explanatory notes -- Abbreviations-- Monographs -- Organic name reactions -- Miscellaneous tables -- Alphabetical list of tables -- Selected biochemical and immunological abbreviations -- Code letters used by companies for experimental substances -- Company register -- Abbreviated term used by the U.S. Adopted Names Council (USAN) for pharmalogically inactive radicals -- International non-proprietary names for radicals and groups proposed by the World Health Organization (WHO) -- Table of radioactive isotopes -- Radioactive isotopes used in medical therapy and diagnosis -- Isotonic solutions -- Greek and Russian alphabets -- Roman numerals -- Numerical prefixes commonly used in forming chemical names -- Alchemical symbols used in biology and botany -- Prescription notation -- Latin terms -- Maximum allowable concentration of air contaminants -- International system of units (SI) -- Universal conversion factors -- Molar volumes of frequently used laboratory chemicals -- Weight of liquids -- Specific gravity comparisons -- Percentage solution tables -- Concentration of acids and bases -- Saturated solutions -- Cooling mixtures -- Constant-humidity solutions -- Indicators -- Standard buffers for calibration of pH meters -- pH values of standard solutions -- Thermometric equivalents.
English
911910271 [hardbound]
83061075
Drugs--Dictionaries.
Chemicals--Dictionaries.
Biomolecules--Dictionaries.