Author Index
- This is an alphabetical listing of names of authors, coauthors, inventors, and patent assignees linked to the CA abstract number.
- Both personal and corporate names are included. The name of the first author is linked with the title of the original document or patent. Coauthors are cross-referred to the name of the first author.
Patent Index
- An alphabetical listing of patent offices. Within the listing for each country, patents are arranged in ascending numerical order.
- Each patent number is followed by either
-- a CA abstract number and a complete history of all equivalent documents
-- or a cross-reference to the patent number of the first abstracted patent in the patent family.
General Subject Index
- This index links subject terms, such as reactions, classes of substances, and plant and animal species, with their corresponding CA abstract numbers.
- Most entries include a text-modification phrase, which further describes aspects of the topic covered in the original document.
Chemical Substance Index
- This index consists of an alphabetical listing of CA index nameseach of which identifies a specific chemical substancelinked to their appropriate abstract numbers.
- CAS Registry Numbers are provided with this index. Entries also include the text-modification phrases that describe certain aspects of the substances that were studied.
Formula Index
- An index of chemical substances that links molecular formulas with their CA index names, CAS Registry Numbers, and CA abstract numbers.
Updated 3/20/2007 1:01:06 PM
