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| Content | |
|---|---|
| Description | Chemical database |
| Data types captured | Smallchemical compounds |
| Contact | |
| Research center | European Molecular Biology Laboratory |
| Laboratory | European Bioinformatics Institute |
| Primary citation | de Matos et al[1] |
| Access | |
| Website | www |
| Download URL | ftp |
| Web service URL | www |
| Sparql endpoint | BIO2RDF |
| Tools | |
| Web | www |
| Miscellaneous | |
| Data release frequency | monthly |
| Curation policy | Manually curated |
Chemical Entities of Biological Interest, also known asChEBI,[1][2] is achemical database andontology ofmolecular entities focused on "small" chemical compounds, that is part of theOpen Biomedical Ontologies (OBO) effort at theEuropean Bioinformatics Institute (EBI). The term "molecular entity" refers to any "constitutionally or isotopically distinctatom,molecule,ion,ion pair,radical,radical ion,complex,conformer, etc., identifiable as a separately distinguishable entity".[3] The molecular entities in question are either products of nature or synthetic products which have potential bioactivity. Molecules directly encoded by the genome, such asnucleic acids,proteins andpeptides derived from proteins byproteolytic cleavage, are not as a rule included in ChEBI.
ChEBI usesnomenclature, symbolism and terminology endorsed by theInternational Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) and nomenclature committee of theInternational Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (NC-IUBMB).
All data in the database is non-proprietary or is derived from a non-proprietary source. It is thus freely accessible and available to anyone. In addition, each data item is fully traceable and explicitly referenced to the original source. It is related in scope to other databases such asChEMBL,ChemSpider,DrugBank,MetaboLights andPubChem.
ChEBI data is available through a publicweb application,web services,SPARQL endpoint and downloads.[1][2]
ChEBI ID (P683) (seeuses)