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