Ag Chem Base

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Ag Chem Base Online (www.a2os.com)Brief
introduction to Online Access to Ag Chem Base
(June 2006)
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Click here
First step Go to website at www.a2os.com Second
step Click on Ag Chem Base to reach Ag Chem Base
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Click here
Click on Search Ag Chem Base to reach Ag Chem
Base login screen
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Enter username and password
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Click here
You are now logged into the Ag Chem Base. Click
to start searching
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Can look at latest entries by changing this date
Next step set up query (example shows search for
all Bayer CropScience fungicides)
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Click on profile to see full text and structure
Five pages of listings is obtained full profiles
on compounds of interest can be readily viewed -
see the next page
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After viewing a specific profile it can be printed
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Advanced user search is more powerful - click on
heading on left of screen
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Click here
Advanced user search is more powerful - click on
heading on left of screen
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Click here to read extensive help file
Basic screen of the advanced user search
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The help file gives details of how to search -
can print it out for reference Now go back to
main search screen
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Press
Number of records listed
Lets look at the search features. First press
the binoculars
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Ticking or de-ticking the display fields, enables
the user to choose only the information of
interest. To look at structures of fungicides,
click just those boxes
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Top half of screen
Bottom half of screen
F
C
Tick generic name
Structures shown
How data is ordered
Have now set up a search for commercial (C)
fungicides (F) and will display their names and
structures in descending (Z-Z) order of
commercialisation year
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Click to view profile
Result is 235 hits, starting with the most
recently launched AI. Scroll down and click the
magnifying glass to see profiles.
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Profile of fluoxastrobin
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Drill-down function
Using drill down (equivalent to filter by
selection)
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First sort AIs by type using A-Z box in dark
green headings - all compounds now sorted in
order F, then H, then I then O.
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Now press drill down and while this feature is
activated (it has a toggle action), press on
Kumiai. This produces a list of Kumiai AIs.
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Press F in drill down mode
Now, while this feature is still activated press
on F
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This produces a list of Kumiai fungicides.
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Press the cancelled funnel symbol to return to
the basic data set (i.e. remove the currently
applied filter)
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The lt and ltlt symbols move the screens back and
the gt and gtgt symbols move the screens forward
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Click here to print
Having searched for a specific company, using the
binocular function, a list of AIs for Nippon
Kayaku has been sorted (see above). Now press
the printer symbol
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This preview can be printed out or printed to
Acrobat for a pdf file.
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Agranova hopes that the preceding demonstration
will assist its clients to understand and use the
powerful search features of Ag Chem Base
Online Further support and information are
available from Dr Rob Bryant Ko
Matsushita Agranova ACA Agrochemical
Service 34 The Drive Tokyo Office Orpington
Yoshida Bldg 7F Kent BR6 9AP 1-2-2
Hirakawa-cho United Kingdom Chiyoda-ku
Tokyo 102-0093 Japan Tel 44
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