本书系江苏省精品教材系列，全书共分6单元21章，讲述了生物化工的相关知识，及信息检索等内容，每章后都附有单词、短语解释，以及疑难长句注释，课后有练习题和原文的翻译参考。全书内容涉及面广，具有较强的实用性、可读性和趣味性，可提高读者的学习兴趣，帮助读者尽快掌握专业英语书刊的阅读技巧，了解文献检索及写作知识。
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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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