Launch guide window

Launch NCBI Home Page

Goals

• Find the compound record for testosterone
• Recover a minimal set of non-redundant records

Steps

1. Start with a search in Substance
   
   • On the NCBI home page, choose PubChem Substance from the Database menu.
   • Type testosterone in the search box.
   • Click Go.

2. Link to PubChem Compound
   
   • Choose PubChem Same Compounds from the Display menu.

3. Restrict the name by compound synonyms
   
   • In the search box, enter testosterone[synonym].
   • Click Go, and note the number of records.

4. Restrict by complete synonyms
   
   • Change the field to [completesynonym], and click Go.
   • What are the differences in these compounds?

5. What we missed...
   
   • Click on CID 6013 to open its summary page.
   • Under Related Compounds, we see many more compounds than we found. Click on link labeled Same, Stereochemistry.
   • Why didn't our text search find those other records?

Revised October 9, 2007