Vade mecum: 1. something a person carries around for frequent use, a resource that a person carries around constantly, such as a guidebook, manual, or map, 2. a book for ready reference; manual; handbook.Vademecum for Vitamin Formulations, Second Edition is all those things and more. Containing formulations, chemical structures, and definitions of terms, this book gives you easy access to the information you need when developing and manufacturing vitamin preparations. In this second edition of a standard resource, the author combines his personal experiences and formulations with data from papers published on the pharmaceutical technology of vitamin preparations. He has completely revised and updated the information from the first edition, added a new section on multivitamin solutions, and supplied an alphabetical index of vitamin formulations. The author's continued emphasis on practicality is reflected in the convenient alphabetical format and the inclusion of a CD-ROM. The CD gives you optimal access to all specific formulations and provides cross-linked information about auxiliaries in conjunction with vitamins. Vademecum for Vitamin Formulations - the name says it all.See what's new in the second edition:CD-ROM containing all the information in the book cross-linked for easy accessFormulations for vitamin combinations such as multivitamin syrup, vitamin C and E tablets, vitamin B complex injectable, and moreSection on multivitamin solutionsAlphabetical index of all formulationsGet the features you depend upon:Definitions and terms organized alphabetically for convenient referenceTables and graphs that put the information right at your fingertips Cross-references and key words emphasized with italicsChemical structures References for all information