Book Review: The index of antimicrobials An international guide to 1600 products by trade name, chemical, application, manufacturer. Gower Publishing Ltd., Aldershot, UK. 1996, 468pp., ú95.00
✍ Scribed by L. Magos
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1997
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 7 KB
- Volume
- 17
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0260-437X
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✦ Synopsis
Book Review
M. ASH and I. ASH water and waste treatment, mining, appendix gives CAS number-to-trade name and CAS number-to-chemical The Index of Antimicrobials some construction and building An international guide to 1600 products cross-references. The same cross-refermaterials, metal treatment and in the by trade name, chemical, application, ences are given to the EINECS processing of rubber, textiles, fur, manufacturer.
(European Inventory of Existing Comleather, minerals, paper, petroleum, oil Gower Publishing Ltd, Aldershot, mercial Chemical Substances) number. and gas. Applications are listed in the Hants, UK, 1996, 19XX; 468 pp., The cross-referencing is carried out third section of the volume. £95.00 nearly but not fully consistently. Thus, The first section lists products accordthe first section gives the CAS number ing to trade name and give manufac-This volume is the latest one of a referfor the product of Natamycin, but the turers, chemical description, CAS and/or ence series that started with Gardner's CAS number is not listed in any of the EINECS number, the concentration of Chemical Synonyms and Trade Names, cross-reference sections. Abbreviations the active ingredient in the product and reviewed in this journal in 1995 are listed after the preface, and a glosswhether the product is liquid or powder. (Volume 15, p. 74). Antimicrobes are ary is given at the end of the volume. The second section lists the chemical used in both agriculture and industry to Altogether I judge the volume to be name of the active ingredient and gives protect seed, crop and product from useful. the CAS and/or EINECS number, synviral, bacterial and fungal infections.
onyms, empirical formula, properties, Besides their use in agriculture and the main toxic property, precotion, uses, food industry, they are present in L. MAGOS regulatory agencies with their codes and adhesives, cleaning materials, ink, BIBRA International manufacturers. The final (fourth) section paints, coatings, cosmetics, pharmaceut-Woodmansterne Road, Carshalton Surrey SM5 4DS, UK icals and plastics. They are used in is the directory of manufacturers. The