RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Pharmacological and chemical synonyms
JF Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin
JO Drug Ther Bull
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd
SP 92
OP 92
DO 10.1136/dtb.28.23.92
VO 28
IS 23
YR 1990
UL http://dtb.bmj.com/content/28/23/92.1.abstract
AB PHARMACOLOGICAL AND CHEMICAL SYNONYMS EEJ Marler, ed. Elsevier, Amsterdam. Ninth Edition, 1990. £113.64 (Dfl 350) ISBN 0 444 90487 5. This is a most comprehensive reference book listing about 22,000 names used for drugs, pesticides and other substances of pharmacological or biochemical interest. It rapidly leads the user from obscure trade names and code names to the International Non-proprietary Name, and other standard names as well as the chemical name. It does not name manufacturers. The information in it is not accessible electronically. Major medical and pharmaceutical centres should have a copy, but it is very expensive and many will not be able to afford it.