The National Library of Medicine (NLM) Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB) is a database that contains a wealth of information on many types of chemicals including natural products. Increasingly, professionals and the general public seek and utilize information about natural products for various purposes. In response to this demand, the HSDB development team has increased the number of natural product records within the database and updated existing records. Natural product records in HSDB contain, but are not limited to the following information: chemical structure, human health effects, animal toxicity, pharmacology, metabolism and pharmacokinetics, environmental fate and exposure, safety and handling, manufacturing, use, laboratory methods, and more. The data extraction team along with a Scientific Review Panel (SRP) utilizes dozens of sources to build, update, and peer-review HSDB records on a four month cycle. As new articles on natural products are published, HSDB serves as an information resource that captures historical and emerging science. NLM will continue to develop and market HSDB as a tool for researchers and the general public covering all types of natural products from phytochemicals to venoms and toxins.

Hazardous substances data bank: A tool for natural product information and research

248th National Meeting (2014)

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