Dialog
Dialog Support   >   "How Do I...?" Series   >   Pharmaceuticals & Health Devices
Dialog "How Do I...?" - Pharmaceuticals & Health Devices

Find a CAS® Registry Number(s) for a Drug?

TOPIC: Finding the correct nomenclature for a particular drug is an important part of searching for pharmaceutical information. Drug directory databases let you identify generic names, trade names, lab codes, CAS® Registry Numbers, synonyms for drugs and/or other molecular entities.

In this example, you want to find the CAS Registry Number for Gilenya, a drug to treat multiple sclerosis, so that you can use it to find more information in the biomedical literature. A CAS Registry Number is a unique number for each chemical substance and can be very effectively used to search for information about specific chemicals in several Dialog databases.

You can search for a substance name in Embase® (File 73, 72), which is the most current biomedical bibliographic database available today and provides an easy way to retrieve the CAS Registry Number for a drug. File 73 covers 1974 to the present and File 72 covers 1994 to the present.

 

COMMAND SUMMARY

BEGIN 72
EXPAND GILENYA
EXPAND E3
EXPAND R2
SELECT R10
TYPE S1/9/1


HOW TO...

1. BEGIN Embase (File 72) to search for a chemical substance. (Alternatively you may use B 73 to search the whole file from 1974 forward.)

? b72

File  72:EMBASE 1993-2012/Sep 18 
       (c) 2012 Elsevier B.V.

      Set  Items  Description
      ---  -----  -----------

2. EXPAND (E) using the drug name.

? e gilenya

Ref   File    Items   Total   RT  Index-term
E1      72                8    1  GILENIA
E2      72                1       GILENSTAM
E3      72              149    1 *GILENYA
E4      72                2       GILERI
E5      72                1       GILERT
E6      72              609       GILES
E7      72                1       GILES AND KENDALL
E8      72                3       GILESI
E9      72                5       GILESII
E10     72                1       GILESIUS
E11     72                1       GILEST
E12     72                4       GILET

3. EXPAND the appropriate E number (E3).

Note: use the EXPAND command with parentheses around the drug name to bypass the first level. E.g, EXPAND (GILENYA).

A drug entry may be cross-referenced to the preferred term, which is recognized when a U is in the Type field.

? e e3

Ref   File    Items   Total Type  RT  Index-term
R1      72              149        1 *GILENYA
R2      72             2595   U    9  FINGOLIMOD

4. EXPAND the appropriate R number.

? e r2

Ref   File    Items   Total Type  RT  Index-term
R1      72             2595        9 *FINGOLIMOD
R2      72              103   B  149  ALKANOLAMINE
R3      72            45317   B  180  IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT
R4      72                0   S    1  FINGOLIMOD HYDROCHLORIDE
R5      72             1456   S    1  FTY 720
R6      72             1150   S    1  FTY720
R7      72                8   S    1  GILENIA
R8      72              149   S    1  GILENYA
R9      72                0   S    1  2  AMINO 2 [2 (4 OCTYLPHENYL)ETHYL]
                                      1,3 PROPANE
R10     72             2283   S    1  RN=162359-56-0

Enter P or PAGE for more

5. SELECT the appropriate R number(s).

? s r10
      S1    2283  RN='162359-56-0'

6. TYPE a record using Format 9 to see a complete record.

Note: Partial record shown.

Use Format 8 to see just the CAS Registry Number and the descriptor terms.

? t s1/9/1
Dialog eLink:
1/9/1
DIALOG(R)File 72: EMBASE
(c) 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

0088142293     EMBASE/MEDLINE No: 2012515810
  The safety risks of innovation: The FDA's expedited drug development pathway

  Moore T.J.; Furberg C.D.
  Institute for Safe Medication Practices, 101 N Columbus St, Alexandria, VA 22314, United States
 Author email: tmoore@ismp.org
 Corresp. Author/Affil: Moore T.J.: Institute for Safe Medication Practices, 101 N Columbus St, Alexandria, VA 22314, United States
 Corresp. Author Email: tmoore@ismp.org

  JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association ( J. Am. Med. Assoc. ) (United States)   August 29, 2012 , 308/9 (869-870)
  CODEN: JAMAA   ISSN: 0098-7484 eISSN: 1538-3598
Item Identifier (DOI): 10.1001/jama.2012.9658
URL: http://jama.jamanetwork.com/data/Journals/JAMA/24832/jvp120059_869_ 870.pdf
  Document Type: Journal ; Short Survey Record Type: Citation
  Language: English
 Number of References: 10
Drug Descriptors:
beta1a interferon--clinical trial--ct; beta1a interferon--drug comparison --cm; dabigatran--adverse drug reaction--ae; dabigatran--clinical trial--ct ; dabigatran--drug comparison--cm; dabigatran--drug therapy--dt; dabigatran --oral drug administration--po; fingolimod--adverse drug reaction--ae; fingolimod--clinical trial--ct; fingolimod--drug comparison--cm; fingolimod --drug dose--do; fingolimod--drug therapy--dt; fingolimod--pharmacology--pd ; placebo; vandetanib--adverse drug reaction--ae; vandetanib--clinical trial--ct; warfarin--drug comparison--cm; warfarin--drug therapy--dt
Medical Descriptors:
* drug approval; *drug program; *drug safety; *food and drug administration
atrioventricular block--side effect--si; bleeding--side effect--si; cancer risk; cancer therapy; drug activity; drug legislation; drug megadose; drug withdrawal; heart atrium fibrillation--drug therapy--dt; heart rate; heart ventricle arrhythmia; human; liver toxicity--side effect--si; low drug dose ; lung function; multiple sclerosis--drug therapy--dt; multiple sclerosis --prevention--pc; opportunistic infection--side effect--si; overall survival; pharmacist; prescription; priority journal; progression ...

Medical Terms (Uncontrolled): Expedited Drug Development Pathway; medullary thyroid cancer
CAS Registry Number: 162359-56-0 (fingolimod); 338992-00-0, 338992-48-6, 443913-73-3 ( vandetanib); 129-06-6, 2610-86-8, 3324-63-8, 5543-58-8, 81-81-2 (warfarin)
SECTION HEADINGS:
  Neurology and Neurosurgery
 Cancer
 Public Health, Social Medicine and Epidemiology
 Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology
 Drug Literature Index
 Adverse Reactions Titles


RELATED HOW DO I...? SOLUTIONS

 

 

NEED HELP?

Contact the Dialog Knowledge Center
Within North America 1 800 3 DIALOG (334 2564)
Outside North America 00 800 33 DIALOG (33 34 2564)
Web Form www.dialog.com/contacts/webform

Stock #: 54303; Last modified: 30 Sep 2012



Dialog Home   |   About Dialog   |   Site Search
Copyright Notices   |   Terms of Use   |   Privacy Statement