Unit 1 Preface 1
Chapter 1 Translation skills 1
Chapter 2 Special English word-formation 7
Reading material 11
Unit 2 Fundamental chemistry 14
Chapter 3 Elements and compounds 14
Chapter 4 Organic solvent 18
Chapter 5 Biochemical reaction 22
Reading material 25
Unit 3 Biochemical engineering 27
Chapter 6 Introduction 27
6.1 The nature of biotechnology 27
6.2 Historical evolution of biotechnology 32
Reading material 38
Chapter 7 Amino acids,peptides,and proteins 41
Reading material 44
Chapter 8 Enzymes 47
Reading material 51
Chapter 9 Nucleotides and nucleic acids 54
Reading material 58
Chapter 10 Fermentation and bioreactor 60
Reading material 69
Chapter 11 Downstream processing 70
Reading material 82
Chapter 12 Frontiers of biochemical engineering 84
12.1 Enzyme engineering 84
Reading material 88
12.2 Genetic engineering 90
Reading material 94
12.3 The Human Genome Project 97
Reading material 101
Unit 4 Pharmaceutical engineering 105
Chapter 13 Introduction to drugs 105
13.1 What is a drug 105
13.2 Drug absorption 108
13.3 The history of pharmacopoeia 111
13.4 Good Manufacturing Practices(GMP) 114
Reading material 119
Chapter 14 Synthesis of drug 121
Reading material 128
Chapter 15 Pharmaceutical production 129
15.1 Clarification and filtration 129
15.2 Crystallization and pharmaceutical technology 131
15.3 Drying 133
15.4 Mixing 135
Reading material 138
Chapter 16 Industrial pharmacy 140
16.1 Tablets 140
16.2 Capsules 142
16.3 Injections 143
16.4 Packaging 145
Reading material 153
Chapter 17 Medicine analysis 156
Reading material 159
Chapter 18 Modernization of traditional Chinese medicine 160
Reading material 163
Chapter 19 Frontiers of pharmaceutical engineering 165
19.1 Interferon 165
19.2 Principles of drug design 167
Reading material 171
Unit 5 Information retrieval 174
Chapter 20 Introduction 174
Chapter 21 The research process in the cornell university library 179
Reading material 183
参考文献 185