本書系江蘇省精品教材系列，全書共分6單元21章，講述了生物化工的相關知識，及信息檢索等內容，每章后都附有單詞、短語解釋，以及疑難長句注釋，課后有練習題和原文的翻譯參考。全書內容涉及面廣，具有較強的實用性、可讀性和趣味性，可提高讀者的學習興趣，幫助讀者盡快掌握專業(yè)英語書刊的閱讀技巧，了解文獻檢索及寫作知識。
本書可作為高職高專院校各相關專業(yè)的教學用書，也可供從事相關工作的人員學習、閱讀。
Unit 1 Preface
Chapter 1 Translation skills
Chapter 2 Special English word-formation
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Unit 2 Fundamental chemistry
Chapter 3 Elements and compounds
Chapter 4 Organic solvent
Chapter 5 Biochemical reaction
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Unit 3 Biochemical engineering
Chapter 6 Introduction
6.1 The nature of biotechnology
6.2 Historical evolution of biotechnology
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Chapter 7 Amino acids, peptides, and proteins Unit 1 Preface
Chapter 1 Translation skills
Chapter 2 Special English word-formation
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Unit 2 Fundamental chemistry
Chapter 3 Elements and compounds
Chapter 4 Organic solvent
Chapter 5 Biochemical reaction
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Unit 3 Biochemical engineering
Chapter 6 Introduction
6.1 The nature of biotechnology
6.2 Historical evolution of biotechnology
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Chapter 7 Amino acids, peptides, and proteins
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Chapter 8 Enzymes
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Chapter 9 Nucleotides and nucleic acids
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Chapter 10 Fermentation and bioreactor
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Chapter 11 Downstream processing
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Chapter 12 Frontiers of biochemical engineering
12.1 Enzyme engineering
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12.2 Genetic engineering
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12.3 The Human Genome Project
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Unit 4 Pharmaceutical engineering
Chapter 13 Introduction to drugs
13.1 What is a drug
13.2 Drug absorption
13.3 The history of pharmacopoeia
13.4 Good Manufacturing Practices（GMP）
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Chapter 14 Synthesis of drug
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Chapter 15 Pharmaceutical production
15.1 Clarification and filtration
15.2 Crystallization and pharmaceutical technology
15.3 Drying
15.4 Mixing
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Chapter 16 Industrial pharmacy
16.1 Tablets
16.2 Capsules
16.3 Injections
16.4 Packaging
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Chapter 17 Medicine analysis
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Chapter18 Modernization of traditional Chinese medicine
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Chapter 19 Frontiers of pharmaceutical engineering
19.1 Interferon
19.2 Principles of drug design
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Unit 5 Information retrieval
Chapter 20 Introduction
Chapter 21 The research process in the cornell university library
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