MetaFetcheR: An R Package for Complete Mapping of Small-Compound Data.

ABSTRACT: Small-compound databases contain a large amount of information for metabolites and metabolic pathways. However, the plethora of such databases and the redundancy of their information lead to major issues with analysis and standardization. A lack of preventive establishment of means of data access at the infant stages of a project might lead to mislabelled compounds, reduced statistical power, and large delays in delivery of results. We developed MetaFetcheR, an open-source R package that links metabolite data from several small-compound databases, resolves inconsistencies, and covers a variety of use-cases of data fetching. We showed that the performance of MetaFetcheR was superior to existing approaches and databases by benchmarking the performance of the algorithm in three independent ca

SUBMITTER: Yones SA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8620779 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature