SuperNatural: a searchable database of available natural compounds.

ABSTRACT: Although tremendous effort has been put into synthetic libraries, most drugs on the market are still natural compounds or derivatives thereof. There are encyclopaedias of natural compounds, but the availability of these compounds is often unclear and catalogues from numerous suppliers have to be checked. To overcome these problems we have compiled a database of approximately 50,000 natural compounds from different suppliers. To enable efficient identification of the desired compounds, we have implemented substructure searches with typical templates. Starting points for in silico screenings are about 2500 well-known and classified natural compounds from a compendium that we have added. Possible medical applications can be ascertained via automatic searches for similar drugs in a free confor

SUBMITTER: Dunkel M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC1347494 | biostudies-literature | 2006 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature