Food Science / RefWorks Lecture - Curcumin & Prostate Cancer
Lecture given to Food Science class, Spring 2007
Katie Newman
TinyURL for this page:
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Refworks
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Develop Search Terminology
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Comparison of Retrievals from Several Databases
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Resources for Plant Medicinal Research at the University of Illinois
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Shared RefWorks Databases
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Keep Up-to-date with Autoalerts
Find here:
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II. Develop Search Terminology
Keep looking for new terms as you perform your search in the various resources. Reiterate
the search.
Curcumin
Use
MeSH database, a part of PubMed to
find alternative words / phrases:
- Searched for
Curcumin:
"A yellow-orange dye obtained from tumeric, the powdered root of
CURCUMA longa. It is used in the preparation of curcuma paper and the detection of
boron. Curcumin appears to possess a spectrum of pharmacological properties, due primarily to its
inhibitory effects on metabolic enzymes."
Other terms:
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Diferuloylmethane
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Turmeric Yellow
- Yellow,
Turmeric
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demethoxycurcumin
- bis(4-hydroxycinnamoyl)methane
All
MeSH Categories
Chemicals
and Drugs Category -->
Organic
Chemicals -->
Hydrocarbons
-->
Hydrocarbons,
Acyclic -->
Alkanes
-->
Heptanes
-->
Diarylheptanoids
--> Curcumin
. . . so may want to search for diarylheptanoids, as a broader term.
- Searched for
turmeric in the MeSH database :
Mapped to
Curcuma (genus; family is ZINGIBERACEAE); also Curcuma longa;
Tumeric;
Turmeric; Curcuma zedoaria; Zedoary zedoaria;
turmeric extract;
turmerin;
ukonan A; ukonan C; ar-turmerone;
1,7-bis(4-hydroxy-3-methoxyphenyl)-1,4,6-heptatrien-3-one;
1,7-bis(4-hydroxyphenyl)-1-heptene-3,5-dione; purnark; P54FP cpd; antarth; and others!
Other vocabulary noticed:
curcuminoids;
haldi (Hindi name for turmeric)
Searched EmTree, a part of
Embase, for turmeric and for
curcumin.
"Or" both of these terms.
- Other common names:
Curcuma, Indian saffron, Indian valerian, jiang huang, kyoo, radix, red valerian, tumeric,
ukon
- Also lists drug interactions, side effects, contraindications, dosages, reported uses,
etc.
(1E,4Z,6E)-5-hydroxy-1,7-bis(4-hydroxy-3-methoxyphenyl) hepta-1,4,6-trien-3-one;
(1E,6E)-1,7-Bis(4-hydroxy-3-methoxyphenyl) hepta-1,6-diene-3,5-dione; 1, 6-Heptadiene-3,5-dione,
1,7-bis (4-hydroxy-3-methoxyphenyl)-; 1,6-Heptadiene-3,5-dione,
1,7-bis(4-hydroxy-3-methoxyphenyl)-; 1,6-Heptadiene-3,5-dione, 1,7-bis(4-hydroxy-3-methoxyphenyl)-,
(1E,6E)-; 1,6-Heptadiene-3,5-dione, 1,7-bis(4-hydroxy-3-methoxyphenyl)-, (E,E)-;
1,7-Bis(4-hydroxy-3-methoxyphenyl) hepta-1,6-diene-3,5-dione;
1,7-Bis(4-hydroxy-3-methoxyphenyl)-1,6-heptadiene-3,5-dione;
1,9-Bis(4-hydroxy-3-methoxyphenyl)-2,7-nonadiene-4,6-dione; 2,7-Nonadiene-4,6-dione,
1,9-bis(4-hydroxy-3-methoxyphenyl)-; Bio1_000405; Bio1_000894; Bio1_001383; C10443; CI 75300; CI
Natural Yellow 3; Cucurmin; Curcuma; Curcumin; Curcumin I; Curcumin;
1,7-Bis(4-hydroxy-3-methoxyphenyl)-1,6-heptadiene-3,5-dione; Diferaloylmethane; Diferuloylmethane;
E 100; Gelbwurz; Golden seal; Haidr; Halad; Haldar; Halud; Hydrastis; Indian saffron; Indian
turmeric; K00009; Kacha haldi; Kurkumin [Czech]; Merita earth; MLS000069631; Natural yellow 3;
NCI60_002883; NCIMech_000700; Orange Root; Safran d'Inde; SDCCGMLS-0066836.P001; SMR000058237;
Souchet; Terra Merita; Tumeric yellow; Turmeric; Turmeric (>98% curcurmin) ; Turmeric oleoresin
(79%-85% curcumin) ; Turmeric yellow; Yellow Ginger; Yellow puccoon; Yellow Root; Yo-Kin; Zlut
prirodni 3 [Czech];
CAS Number for cucurmin is 458-37-7
SciFinder Scholar - Use to find articles in Chemical
Abstracts, but also to find synonyms:
1,6-Heptadiene-3,5-dione, 1,7-bis(4-hydroxy-3-methoxyphenyl)-, (E,E)- (8CI);
Curcumin (6CI); (E,E)-1,7-Bis(4-hydroxy-3-methoxyphenyl)-1,6-heptadiene-3,5-dione;
C Yellow 15; C.I. 75300; C.I. Natural Yellow 3; Curcuma; Curcumin I;
Curcumine;
Diferuloylmethane; E 100; E 100 (dye); Haidr; Halad; Haldar; Halud; Indian
Saffron; Kacha Haldi; Merita Earth; NSC 32982; Natural Yellow 3; San-Ei Curcumine AL; San-Ei Gen
Curcumine AL; Souchet; Terra Merita;
Turmeric; Turmeric (dye); Turmeric yellow;
Ukon; Ukon (dye); Yellow Ginger; Yellow Root; Yo-Kin; trans,trans-Curcumin;
CAS Number for cucurmin is 458-37-7
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===> Curcumin Terms to search (including frequent misspellings):
Curcumin OR curcuma OR curcuminoid OR cucumin OR tumeric OR turmeric OR tumerin OR turmerin OR
demethoxycurcumin OR diferuloylmethane
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Prostate Cancer
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MeSH terms from PubMed:
Prostatic Neoplasms, Used For: Prostate Cancer(s); Prostatic Cancer; Cancer of the Prostate.
Might also want to search for articles that mention the PSA test (Prostate Specfic Antigen).
Other related terms: Prostatic Hyperplasia; Prostatic Intraepithelial Neoplasia; prostate
adenocarcinoma; etc.
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===> Prostate Cancer Terms to search:
Prostate cancer OR prostatic neoplasm* OR (prostate and (cancer* or neoplasm*)) OR prostate
specific antigen OR (prostate and PSA)
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===> Combination Search: (curcumin terms) AND (prostate terms)
(Curcumin OR curcuma OR curcuminoid OR cucumin OR tumeric OR turmeric OR tumerin OR turmerin OR
demethoxycurcumin OR diferuloylmethane) AND (Prostate cancer OR prostatic neoplasm* OR (prostate
and (cancer* or neoplasm*)) OR prostate specific antigen OR (prostate and PSA))
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III. Comparison of retrievals in Several Databases
Summary for search for articles on the effects of curcumin or turmeric on prostate cancer:
| Database |
Number of citations |
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PubMed
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62 |
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Embase (+ PubMed, de-duplicated)
[Note: In March, 2008, we cancelled our subsciption to EmBase. However, the articles in Embase
are all available in a more comprehensive database, Scopus.]
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114 |
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Web of Science
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90 |
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CAB Abstracts
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22 |
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Biological Abstracts
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44 |
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SciFinder Scholar (Chemical Abstracts) (+ PubMed, de-duplicated) |
114 |
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Food Science & Technology Abstracts (FSTA) |
5 |
| SciFinder Scholar and Embase (unique records) |
~156 |
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Google Scholar (not all cites are for articles; many are just citing
references within articles). |
1326 - 1900 |
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CRISP (biomedical grants awarded on curcumin research) |
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PubMed Search, (1950s-present):
62 hits
Searched:
(Prostate cancer OR prostatic neoplasm* OR (prostate and (cancer* or neoplasm*)) OR prostate
specific antigen OR (prostate and PSA)) AND (Curcumin OR curcuma OR cucurma OR cucumin OR
curcuminoid OR tumeric OR turmeric OR tumerin OR turmerin OR demethoxycurcumin OR
diferuloylmethane)
CAB Abstracts Search,
(1910-present): 22 hits
Searched:
("Prostate cancer" OR "prostatic neoplasm*" OR (prostate and (cancer* or neoplasm*)) OR
"prostate specific antigen" OR (prostate and PSA)) AND (Curcumin OR curcuma OR cucurma OR cucumin
OR curcuminoid OR tumeric OR turmeric OR tumerin OR turmerin OR demethoxycurcumin OR
diferuloylmethane)
Note: Use "general search" mode, and formulate search in the Topic search box. Surround phrases
in quotation marks.
Web of Science Search,
(1970-present): 90 hits
Searched:
("Prostate cancer" OR "prostatic neoplasm*" OR (prostate and (cancer* or neoplasm*)) OR
"prostate specific antigen" OR (prostate and PSA)) AND (Curcumin OR curcuma OR cucurma OR cucumin
OR curcuminoid OR tumeric OR turmeric OR tumerin OR turmerin OR demethoxycurcumin OR
diferuloylmethane)
Note: Use "general search" mode, and formulate search in the Topic search box. Surround phrases
in quotation marks.
Searched:
("Prostate cancer" OR "prostatic neoplasm*" OR (prostate and (cancer* or neoplasm*)) OR
"prostate specific antigen" OR (prostate and PSA)) AND (Curcumin OR curcuma OR cucurma OR cucumin
OR curcuminoid OR tumeric OR turmeric OR tumerin OR turmerin OR demethoxycurcumin OR
diferuloylmethane)
Note: Use "general search" mode, and formulate search in the Topic search box. Surround phrases
in quotation marks.
Searched:
("Prostate cancer" OR "prostatic neoplasm*" OR (prostate and (cancer* or neoplasm*)) OR
"prostate specific antigen" OR (prostate and PSA)) AND (Curcumin OR curcuma OR cucurma OR cucumin
OR curcuminoid OR tumeric OR turmeric OR tumerin OR turmerin OR demethoxycurcumin OR
diferuloylmethane)
Note: Use "general search" mode, and formulate search in the Topic search box. Surround phrases
in quotation marks.
Searched:
The effect of turmeric or curcumin on prostate cancer
Notes:
- SciFinder Scholar uses a natural language searching mode, so formulate your search in a simple
sentence. Behind the scene, term matching will occur!
- When searching SciFinder Scholar, the default is to search CA and Medline [PubMed]
simultaneously. There is an option later to de-duplicate the references; or you may choose to only
search Chemical Abstracts.
- Before you start, check the Preferences / Save As / References to make sure you will be saving
in the Summary (default) or Full format.
- To search, click on: New Search / Explore / Research Topic.
- For this search, where I was searching CA and Medline simultaneously, the following retrieval
options were provided after I ran my search. I chose #2:
- 49 references were found containing the concept "prostate cancer", and either the concept
"turmeric" or the concept "curcumin". The concepts found were closely associated with one
another.
- 160 references were found containing the concept "prostate cancer", and either the concept
"curcumin" or the concept "turmeric". The concepts found were present anywhere (perhaps widely
separated) within the reference.
- 76 references were found containing the two concepts "curcumin" and "prostate cancer" closely
associated with one another.
- 156 references were found where the two concepts "curcumin" and "prostate cancer" were present
anywhere in the reference.
- 26 references were found containing the two concepts "turmeric" and "prostate cancer" closely
associated with one another.
- 121 references were found where the two concepts "turmeric" and "prostate cancer" were present
anywhere in the reference.
- 6624 references were found containing either the concept "curcumin" or the concept
"turmeric".
- 5644 references were found containing the concept "curcumin".
- 5259 references were found containing the concept "turmeric".
- 99562 references were found containing the concept "prostate cancer".
- When I de-duplicated the 160 references, I was left with 114 citations. Of these, 13 were only
from Medline, so CA duplicates Medline a lot, but also has a significant number of additional
references.
- SciFinder has several unique analysis tools. E.g. Of the 114 hits...
- Analyze the 114 hits by author:
Su Ching Yuan - 9; Lee Kuo Hsiung - 7; Shih Charles C Y - 7; Aggarwal Bharat B - 6;
etc.
- Analyze by Journal:
PCT Int. Appl.- 23; U.S. Pat. Appl. Publ.- 12; Oncogene - 5; Bioorganic & Medicinal
Chemistry - 3; Molecular Cancer Therapeutics - 3; Prostate - 3; Cancer Research - 2; Carcinogenesis
- 2; Journal of Medicinal Chemistry - 2; Nutrition and Cancer- 2; Prostate Cancer and Prostatic
Diseases - 2, etc.
- Analyze by organization:
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill - 5; Emory University - 4; Henry Ford Health
System - 4; Research Development Foundation - 4; National Cancer Institute - 3; New Chapter Inc -
3; Rutgers University - 3; etc.
- Analyze by year of publication:
2007 - 1; 2006 - 30; 2005 - 25; 2004 - 14; 2003 - 19; 2002 - 11; 2001 - 5; 2000 - 4; 1999 -3
; 1998 - 0; 1997 - 1; 1996 - 0; 1995 -1.
Over half may so incomplete as to be useless, and others are duplicates (??)
Searched:
prostate Curcumin | curcuma | cucurma | cucumin | curcuminoid | tumeric | turmeric | tumerin
| turmerin | demethoxycurcumin | diferuloylmethane
(which translates to searching the
full text for prostate PLUS any one of the curcumin terms)
1900 apparent hits, but when I downloaded them into Zotero (for later export to RefWorks) only
1326 downloaded). Furthermore, many were based on cited references appearing at the end of articles
rather than citations to articles themselves.
Note: Google Scholar does not search behind the firewalls of Elsevier (the publisher of nearly
2000 Sci-tech journals) or the American Chemical Society.
To import these into RefWorks,
see the
instructions. You will want to install the
Zotero plugin for the Firefox web browser if you want to
download more than one citation from Google Scholar at at time.
"Hits" from searching the CRISP database for turmeric or curcumin,
1/31/07:
You had 36 hits for the query: (curcumin | turmeric)
| Rank |
Score |
Grant Number |
PI Name |
Project Title |
| 1 |
100 |
1R21AT002945-01A1 |
ADLER, SHARON |
Efficacy/mechanisms of curcumin in diabetic nephropathy
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| 2 |
100 |
5R01CA109269-02 |
ANANT, SHRIKANT |
Dietary Prevention of Cancer
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| 3 |
100 |
7R21CA106207-03 |
BRIGHT, JOHN |
Curcumin inhibition of growth signaling in leukemia
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| 4 |
100 |
5R01AI045555-05 |
CHAN, MARION |
NITRIC OXIDE INHIBITOR AND LEISHMANIA PATHOGENESIS
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| 5 |
100 |
7R01DK047995-11 |
CHEN, ANPING |
Inhibition of hepatic stellate cell activation
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| 6 |
100 |
1U01AG028583-01 |
FRAUTSCHY, SALLY |
Curcumin and Curcumin Derivatives for Alzheimer's
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| 7 |
100 |
5R21CA102516-02 |
GAUTAM, SUBHASH |
Curcumin/TRAIL Combination Therapy of Prostae Cancer
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| 8 |
100 |
5R01HL073718-04 |
HOFFMAN, STANLEY |
PKCepsilon-Related Proteins in Lung Fibrosis
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| 9 |
100 |
5R01DK067286-03 |
KIELA, PAWEL |
Inflammatory Bowel Disease: A Novel Therapeutic Approach
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| 10 |
100 |
1R01CA118947-01 |
KONG, TONY |
Chemopreventive Signaling Mechanisms in Prostate Cancer
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| 11 |
100 |
3R01CA118947-01S1 |
KONG, TONY |
Chemopreventive Signaling Mechanisms in Prostate Cancer
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| 12 |
100 |
5R01CA104922-02 |
KOUMENIS, CONSTANTINOS |
Phenolic antioxidants as tumor radio/chemosensitizers
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| 13 |
100 |
5R21CA104337-02 |
KURZROCK, RAZELLE |
Exploratory Trial of Curcumin in Pancreatic Cancer
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| 14 |
100 |
5R21CA100622-02 |
PONNAPPA, BIDDANDA |
Cell-type specific targting of curcumin
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| 15 |
100 |
5R21CA107217-02 |
VADHAN-RAJ, SAROJ |
Curcumin/Bioperine in Multiple Myeloma
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| 16 |
100 |
1F31AT003973-01 |
VOLAK, LAURIE |
Curcumin-piperine interaction with CYP3A, UGT, and SULT enzymes.
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| 17 |
96 |
1R21AT003614-01 |
FUNK, JANET |
Efficacy of Turmeric Extract in Prevention of Post-menopausal Osteoporosis
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| 18 |
90 |
1R21AG027794-01A1 |
ORLANDO, ROBERT |
Curcumin-based analogs as improved inhibitors of Abeta aggregation
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| 19 |
75 |
1K07CA111653-01A2 |
LAO, CHRISTOPHER |
Development of a Melanoma Chemoprevention Model
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| 20 |
60 |
1R01CA122394-01 |
KATDARE, MEENA |
APC mutation and breast cancer: Prevention by curcumin
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| 21 |
45 |
1R03CA121403-01 |
COOK, THOMAS |
Mechanistic Studies on the Disposition of Farnesol with Single and Multiple Dosin
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| 22 |
45 |
1R21CA119189-01A1 |
DORAI, THAMBI |
CURCUMIN AS AN INHIBITOR OF PROSTATE CANCER BONE METASTASIS
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| 23 |
45 |
5R03CA119295-02 |
STATES, J |
Effects of chemopreventive agents on DNA damage response
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| 24 |
30 |
5R01AR047314-05 |
PAVLATH, GRACE |
Molecular Physiology of Recovery from Muscle Atrophy
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| 25 |
16 |
5P50AT002779-02 |
CASSILETH, BARRIE |
MSKCC Research Center for Botanical Immunomodulators
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| 26 |
16 |
5P50AT000474-05 |
FUNK, JANET |
ARIZONA CENTER FOR PHYTOMEDICINE RESEARCH (ACPRX)
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| 27 |
16 |
1R43AT004118-01 |
RAMANUJAM, RAMA |
URINALYSIS FOR PATIENT COMPLIANCE TO CAM THERAPY
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| 28 |
15 |
5R21CA118111-02 |
CHRISTOFIDOU-SOLOMIDOU, MELPO |
Use of Curcumin and Flaxsseed in Radiation Pneumonopathy
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| 29 |
15 |
5P50AG016570-080005 |
COLE, GREGORY |
OXIDATIVE DAMAGE TO SYNAPTIC COMPARTMENTS IN AD
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| 30 |
15 |
3P50AG016570-08S10005 |
COLE, GREGORY |
OXIDATIVE DAMAGE TO SYNAPTIC COMPARTMENTS IN AD
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| 31 |
15 |
5R01AT003008-02 |
COLE, GREGORY |
Can Omega 3 fatty acids Slow Alzheimer Pathogensis?
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| 32 |
15 |
1R01CA118560-01A1 |
FONG, LOUISE |
Chemoprevention of upper aerodigestive tract cancer by dietary zinc
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| 33 |
15 |
5R01AG021975-03 |
FRAUTSCHY, SALLY |
Human tau neurodegeneration in Alzheimer's
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| 34 |
15 |
1U01AG028526-01 |
KLUNK, WILLIAM |
Amyloid-Lowering Small Molecule AB-Binding Agents in AD
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| 35 |
15 |
5R01CA017625-29 |
LEE, KUO-HSIUNG |
PLANT ANTITUMOR AGENTS
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| 36 |
15 |
5R01CA114264-02 |
SINGH, POMILA |
Growth Factors, Curcumin and Colon Carcinogenesis
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A website that lists in one place many of the resources at UIUC folks doing plant medicinal
research will find useful. Other resource to try include:
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V. Shared RefWorks databases
You may export these citations into your own
RefWorks account!
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Curcumin
/ Prostate cancer references
from PubMed, Embase, CAB Abstracts, Biological Abstracts, Web of Science, FSTA, Scifinder
Scholar, 1/31/07.
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Curcumin
/ Prostate cancer references
from Google Scholar, using Zotero to help import multiple citations, 1/31/07.
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Curcumin
/ Prostate cancer references that were uniquely in either SciFinder Scholar or Embase (or
PubMed)
- Of the 114 +114=228 references that were in SciFinder Scholar or Embase, 86 of them were only
in one or the other database! And the split was roughly even between them -- that is about 40 would
have been missed if I'd just searched Embase and not SciFinder Scholar, and vice versa! (Keep in
mind that both of these resources are also searching PubMed, too.) [Note: In March, 2008, we
cancelled our subsciption to EmBase. However, the articles in Embase are all available in a more
comprehensive database, Scopus.]
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VI. Keep up to Date! Set up Auto-alerts
Have your searches run in a database automatically, whenever the database is updated, and the
results sent to you via e-mail! Use auto-alerts to keep up-to-date on the research in a
particular area, keep track of your colleagues’ research, or to receive the table of contents of
selected publications.
(Note: these instructions are also in the Biotech
FAQ, pg. 3.)

Auto-alerts from
Web of Science
Since
Web of Science is multidisciplinary, covering all the major journals in most disciplines,
and is updated weekly, this is a terrific service! To set up an alert in Web of Science:
First, you must "register":
- To register, from the first
Web of Science page, click on
the link to "sign in or register"
- Now click on the "Register” link.
- Enter your email address and a password of your choosing.
- You are now registered and can save searches and set up alerts from
Web of Science.
After you have logged in, you're ready to set up an alert:
- Go to the main
Web of Science page (http://www.library.uiuc.edu/orr/get.php?instid=258127).
- Create a search strategy using either the “Quick Search” or the “General Search” option.
Run your search.
- Click on "Search History" [If you haven't already logged in, you'll be prompted to do so at
this time.]
- If you've created several searches, the auto-alert will only be run against your most recently
created search (the one on the top of the Search History). So you may need to re-type an
earlier search to force it to the top.
- Click on "Save History". Give your search a name, a description, and check the box, "Send
me e-mail alerts".
- Select an email format -- I'd recommend HTML, if your email program supports this, since this
format will include links back to the
Web of Science database, so you can take advantage of the various links available within
the database.
- Select frequency - I'd recommend weekly, since that's how often the database is updated.
- Click on the "Save” button.
- Now, each week, you'll receive an email the with new results of your search, with embedded
links back into the
Web of Science database
- You may create as many alerts as you need.
Auto-alerts from PubMed, GenBank, or other NCBI resources
Recently it became possible to set up auto-alerts to run against the
NCBI resources such as GenBank and
PubMed.
PubMed is most likely the one
you’ll want to use to set up an alert, so you’ll be notified of new articles in your subject area,
or written by particular scientists.
First, you must “register” :
After you have logged in, you’re ready to set up an alert:
- From the main
PubMed page, create a search,
and then click on “Save Search”.
- Choose a name for the search, and elect to receive email updates.
- Fill in the rest of the information requested – I’d recommend receiving the alerts weekly, in
HTML format if your email supports this. I usually set the number of results to send to the maximum
number.
- Now, each week, you'll receive an email the with new results of your search, with embedded
links back into the
PubMed database
- You may create as many alerts as you need.
Publisher-based Auto-alerts
Several publishers and journals also allow you to set up “auto-alerts” for their journals, so
you get the results as soon as the new issue of the journal is posted – much faster than the
articles appear in indexes such as
Current Contents,
Web of Science, PubMed, etc.! Among the most popular sites for this are:
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