For formulators in the pharmaceutical industry and those interested in the formulation or production of confectionary, cosmetics, and food products, Rowe (industrial pharmaceutics, U. of Bradford, UK) et al., who work in the UK and US pharmaceutical industries, offer an alphabetical reference to 340 excipients used in pharmaceutical formulation, and their uses, safety, and physical properties, as well as names, formulas, functional category, applications, description, specifications, typical properties, stability and storage, incompatibilities, method of manufacture, handling, regulatory status, and related substances. This edition has 40 new monographs that include currently used coprocessed excipients and new monographs for glycine, hydroxypropyl betadex, methionine, neotame, pentetic acid, and tagatose. Others have been revised and updated, and many incorporate near-infrared (NIR) spectra. The text has a new design, a greater emphasis on published data from primary sources, and more selective inclusion of data related to physical properties. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)