Publisher's Synopsis
The CD ROM, based on the fourth edition of Handbook of Pharmaceutical Excipients, has a custom-written user interface. The design increases ease of use with full text searching and hot-linked contents list, index, and suppliers' directory. The source material, The Handbook of Pharmaceutical Excipients, is a comprehensive, uniform guide to the uses, properties, and safety of pharmaceutical excipients. It collects in a systematic and unified manner, essential data on the physical and chemical properties of excipients. Information has been assembled from a variety of sources, including the primary literature and excipients manufacturers. Personal observations and comments from contributors are also included.