Friday, 15 May 2015

DrugBank


Figure 1: The above image shows the homepage of the DrugBank database and the search box on the right top of webpage. 

                The DrugBank database is a comprehensive, freely accessible, online database which combines the information of the drugs and drug targets. In detailed, this database which known as both bioinformatic and a cheminformatics resource will give more information about drug on chemical, pharmacological and pharmaceutical with the compressive drug target either chemical, structure and pathway information.

          Besides that, DrugBank database contain about 7759 drug entries and 4282 non-redundant protein including the drug target, enzyme, transporter and carrier sequences are linked to these drug entries. It is widely used by drug industry, medicinal chemists, pharmacist,physicians, students and public to obtain detail on drug. 


          By entering the drug names in the search box, these database will generates a tabular synopsis of the Drugbank's contents. Next, the browse will allow the user to casually scroll through the database or re-sort the contents. In order to obtain a complete information, the user require to click on the given DrugCard Button.


Figure 2 : The above image showing the structure of the drugs.



   Figure 3 : The above image showing the description of the drugs such as mechanism of action, pharmacodynamics, absorption and volume of distribution.   


Figure 4 : The above image showing the list of manufacturer.


Figure 5: The above image showing the information of drug interaction which might occur when the drug taken with another medication. 

               
              Basically, DrugBank database will look alike the above images when the user find for more information about drug.
     





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