Data for Biochemical Research

This review actually is based on the 3rd edition (I just ordered the fourth edition), but the relevancy is still there. I have used this volume since grad school and throughout my career in medical device sterility assurance. This book is invaluable to anyone that deals with any material that is being used on or in the human body. Since any given biochemical can elicit a response from the body, understanding these biochemicals and their presence on a medical device is key to ensuring that the device does not cause an adverse reaction. This book has several chapters that are of note. Chapters 9 (Steroids), 13 (Antimetabolites), 14 (Pharmacologically Active Compounds), 15 (Artificial and Natural Substrates), and 17 (Stability Constants for Metal Complexes). Chapters 18-25 are a wealth of information in one place for buffers, gel electrophoresis, chromatography, ion exchange, biochemical procedures, and general formulae. This book should be on anyone's shelf in the field of basic to advanced biological research, medcial devices, or pharmaceuticals.

Like a Merck Index for biochemicals, great information about analysis for biochemicals, a must have for biologists who do a lot of chemical analysis