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Detailed Information: Derwent Drug Backfile (DH64)

Derwent Drug Backfile covers the literature in the field of drugs and pharmaceutical sciences in the period 1964-1982. Sources are journals and conference proceedings. Bibliographic data, indexing terms, but no abstracts are searchable. The database is continued in 1983 by Derwent Drug File (DDF).

Database Content: Subject Coverage | Type | Language | Sources | Superbases
Database Resources: File Size | File Data | Update Cycle
Query: Special Notes | Vocabulary | Searchable Data Fields | Data Fields, alphabetical | Output of Search Results | Sample Search(es) | Sample Record(s)
Contact: Producer | Contact Person
Appendix: Appendix

Database Content

Subject Coverage	Drugs, Pharmaceutical Sciences Pharmaceutical technology, pharmacology, pharmacokinetics, metabolism, therapeutic use, adverse effects, synthesis, analysis, biochemistry, structure-activity relationships, drug comparisons,and toxicology of drugs.
Type	Literature database
Language	English
Sources	Journals: approx. 1,200 Conference proceedings
Superbases	There are predefined databases groups (superbase) for several subjects. The database Derwent Drug Backfile is part of the following superbases: XMEDALL, XPHARMALL, XPHARMCORE, XTOXLITALL.

Database Resources

File Size	805,789 (Status 12/1982)
File Data	You will find the number of database records in the current update status.
Update Cycle	Not updated

Query

Special Notes

In contrast to Derwent Drug File the Derwent Drug Backfile (1964-1982) differs in some features:

No abstracts available.
No paragraph based drug indexing in field CT.
No qualifiers (roles) attached to CT.
No CAS numbers (CR)

Standing orders (SDI) are not possible as this database is an archive file. It is not being updated or not being updated regularly.

Vocabulary

Controlled Terms (CT)

Section Codes (SC), Section Headings (SH)

Index Codes (IC), Index Terms (IT)

CAS Number (CR) (available in the ongoing files)

Searchable Data Fields

The following document sections are considered with the free text search (FT):

Controlled Term (CT)
Index Term (IT)
Section Heading (SH)
Title (TI)

Search language(s) in the basic index:

English

Data Fields, alphabetical

Explanation:

D = DISPLAY F = FIND S = SHOW
1 : front-end-masking recommended
2 : searchable word by word with field label
3 : searchable only selectively
(F): field is searchable only via basic index

Command	Field Name	Examples	Notes
D F S	AU Author	F AU=bito z D AU=bito ?	Max. 20 authors, prior to mid-1994. Max. 6 authors; max two initials for first name.
D ² F ² S	CNA Corporate Names	F CNA=boehringer ingelheim D CNA=boehringer
D ² F ² S	CS Corporate Source	F CS=cambridge ? usa D CS= cambridge
D F S	CT Controlled Term	F CT=eye-disease F CT=eye disease	Hyphenated thesaurus terms may be used with or without hyphen.
		D CT=eye-disease
D F S	IC Index Code	F IC=t D IC=?	Codes for thematic groups (broad subject fields; see appendix).
D F S	IT Index Term	F IT=therapeutics F therapeutics/IT D IT=?	Text version for thematic groups (see appendix).
D F S	JT Journal Title	F JT=arch ophthalmol? D JT= ?ophthalmol?
D F S	LA Language	F ... AND LA=germ D LA=?
D F S	ND Number of Document	F ND=DD1995-00020
D F	PPS PreProcessed Searches	D PPS=?	Shows all subjects for whose precasted search profiles are available (see appendix).
		F ... AND PPS=human	Searches all documents relating to humans.
D F S	PY Publication Year	F PY=1996
D F	SC Section Code	F SC=42 D SC=?	Codes for drug related topics (see appendix)
D F S	SH Section Heading	F SH=infection F infection/SH D SH=?	Text version for drug related topics (see appendix)
S	SO Source	SO: Arch Ophthalmol ; 114; No. 3; 268-73 1996	Source is not searchable as SO; however parts of the SO such as JT, PY (see appropriate fields) can be searched.
(F) S	TI Title	F intraocular pressure/TI	English original title or English translation of non-English titles with indication of the original language.

Output of Search Results

By means of the commands: SHOW (S) / MAIL.

Corresponding to the copyright rules use the parameter USE=DLOAD if necessary.

You may ask for all data fields, single data fields, or sets of data fields. If the output fields are not specified explicitly, the standard field set (F=STD) is used in all output commands.

Output field sets:

Command	Field Set	Associated Datafields
F=STD	Standard	same as F= ALL
F=ALL	All Datafields	ND, AU, TI, SO, LA, CNA, CS, SC, SH, IC, IT, CT
F=BIB	Bibliographic fields	ND, AU, TI, SO, LA, CNA, CS
F=DES	Trial - Descriptors	ND, TI, SC, SH, IC, IT, CT

Sample Search(es)

Subject: Adverse effects of aciclovir

Profile table:

Parameter	Counter	Number of Hits	Query
C=	1	805789	DH64
S=	2	127855	(IT="ADVERSE (SIDE) EFFECTS")
	3	105888	SH=ADVERSE REACTIONS
	4	259	CT=ACICLOVIR
	5	137568	2 OR 3
	6	90	4 AND 5

Please note: Neither qualifiers for CT nor individual drug structures are available in the Derwent Drug Backfile DH64 (1964-1982).

Sample Record(s)

2/1 of 1 DIMDI: Derwent Drug Backfile (DH64) © Thomson Reuters

ND:	DH1980-46706
AU:	LARSSON EL
TI:	CYCLOSPORIN A AND DEXAMETHASONE SUPPRESSED T CELL RESPONSES BY SELECTIVELY ACTING AT DISTINCT SITES OF THE TRIGGERING PROCESS.
SO:	J IMMUNOL (NO.6); p. 2828-33 /1980/
LA:	English
CS:	UMEA,SWED.AND BASLE,SWITZ.
COU:	UMEA,SWED.AND BASLE,SWITZ.
SC:	06 ... Antibiotics; 11 ... Corticosteroids; 20 ... Immunological
SH:	Antibiotics; Corticosteroids; Immunological
CT:	ANTIBIOTIC; MACROCYCLE; CYCLOSPORIN; A; SANDOZ; DEXAMETHASONE; CIBAGEIGY; INFLUENCE; ON; LYMPHOCYTE; THYMOCYTE; RESPONSE; TO; GROWTHFACTOR; IN-VITRO; MOUSE; ANTIBIOTICS; CORTICOSTEROID; CORTICOSTEROIDS; GROWTH; FACTOR; NERVE
IC:	M ... Microbiology; E ... Endocrinology
IT:	Microbiology; Endocrinology
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* End of SHOW *

Output format: SHOW F=ALL

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Appendix

1. List of the PreProcessed Searches (PPS)

For the following subjects preprocessed searches are available:

AIDS
ANIMAL
CANCER
HUMAN

2. List of Section Headings (SH) and Section Codes (SC)

* indicates not used after end 1986

	Section Code	Section Heading
*	1	Agriculture
*	2	Alkaloids
	3	Antiallergics
*	4	Analgesics
*	5	Analysis
	6	Antibiotics
*	7	Bioassay
	8	Pharmacokinetics
*	9	Cardiovascular
*	10	Chemotherapeutics
*	11	Corticosteroids
	12	Antidiabetics
*	13	Endocrinology
	14	Enzyme Inhibitors
	15	Drugs in Fertility
	16	Gastrointestinal
*	17	Physico-Chemical Techniques
	18	Hematological
*	19	Heterocyclics
	20	Immunological
*	21	Infection
	22	Endogenous Compounds
	23	Antimicrobials
	24	Bones & Joints
*	25	Neoplasia
*	26	Neurology
	27	Molecular Biology
*	28	Organochemical
	29	Pharmaceutics
*	30	Natural Products
*	31	Proteins & Lipids
	32	Psychotropic
	33	Respiratory
	34	Toxicology
	35	Adverse Reactions
	36	Dermatological
*	37	Steroids
	38	Structure-Activity
	39	Kidney
*	40	Veterinary
	41	Virucides
	42	Vitamins

3. List of Index Terms (IT) and Index Codes (IC) (Thematic Groups)

Index Code	Index Term
A	Analysis
B	Biochemistry
C	Chemistry
E	Endocrinology
G	Galenics
H	Herbicides
L	Legislation
M	Microbiology
N	Nutrition
P	Pharmacology
S	Adverse (Side) Effects
T	Therapeutics
V	Vitamins
W	Veterinary Medicine
X	Mathematics
Z	Zoology

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