Keeping up to date on a topic like biomass conversion to biofuels and building block chemicals can be a challenge due to the wide range of R&D topics covered.

CAS databases and tools can help you track that information, turn it into knowledge and give you a competitive edge!

Get immediate access to bibliographic information, abstracts, full text articles, and patents from the most comprehensive integrated database of journals and patents. Or explore the world's largest collection of substance and chemistry related information.

Explore the published literature to find information on topics such as:

• Developing energy crops for improved stress tolerance
• Optimizing biological catalysts for pre-treating and hydrolyzing cellulose
• Increasing enzyme specificities and activities
• Commercializing saccharification and fermentation processes which convert sugars to ethanol or other key building block chemicals

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Content

The CAS databases provide access to content from:

• More than 9500 journals and 50 active patent issuing authorities with coverage spanning biology, biotechnology, chemistry, and engineering
• The leading journals such as Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Applied and Environmental  Microbiology, Bioresource Technology, Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Biotechnology Progress, Nature, Science, and many others (sometimes before they even appear in print!)
• The CAS Registry database of >35 million substances and ~60 million sequences
• A reactions database with >14 million reactions, including enzyme catalyzed and other biotransformations

Tools

With SciFinder (a tool designed primarily for researchers) you can:

• Search and explore by topic, author, company (competitor), substance, sequence, and reactions
• Analyze and categorize your search results, and get automatic updates

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With STN (designed primarily for information and intellectual property professionals) you also get:

• The most comprehensive, integrated source of scientific journals and patents
• The most current sources of patent information
• Tools to analyze and visualize trends, and gauge the intellectual property landscape

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