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Title
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A database of natural products and chemical entities from marine habitat
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Authors
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Padavala Ajay Babu1,*, Suma Sree Puppala2, Satyavarapu Lakshmi Aswini2, Metta Ramya Vani2, Chinta Narasimha Kumar1, Tallapragada Prasanna1
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Affiliation
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1ProGene Biosciences, Institute of Bioinformatics and Research Centre, 103, Bharat Towers, Dwaraka Nagar, Visakhapatnam – 530 016, India; 2Department of Biotechnology, Godavari Institute of Engineering and Technology, Rajahmundry, India
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ajay_pgb@progenebio.in; Corresponding author
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Article Type
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Database
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Date
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received September 16, 2008; accepted October 15, 2008; published November 09, 2008
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Abstract |
Marine compound database consists of marine natural products and chemical entities, collected from various literature sources, which are known to possess bioactivity against human diseases. The database is constructed using html code. The 12 categories of 182 compounds are provided with the source, compound name, 2-dimensional structure, bioactivity and clinical trial information. The database is freely available online and can be accessed at http://www.progenebio.in/mcdb/index.htm.
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Keywords
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database; marine compounds; natural products
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Citation
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Babu et al., Bioinformation 3(3): 142-144 (2008)
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Edited by
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P. Kangueane
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ISSN
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0973-2063
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License
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TThis is an Open Access article which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. This is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License.
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