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This is a list of websites that contain lists of chemicals, or databases of chemical information. There is further detail on the content of these and other resources in a Wikibook of information sources.

AbbreviationFull nameOperatorSelectsContainsID prefixQualityLinkEntries
ACToREnvironmental Protection Agencytoxicology information; occurrence"ACToR".893,280
AtomWorkInorganic Material DatabaseNational Institute for Materials Sciencecrystal structures"AtomWork".82,000
BeilsteinBeilstein databaseElsevierorganic compoundspropertiesclosed access
BIAdbBenzylisoquinoline Alkaloid Database"BIAdb".846
BindingDBThe Binding DatabaseSkaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of California, San Diegononcovalent association of molecules in solutionChEMBL SMILES InChiKey targets"BindingDB".
BindingMOADBinding Mother of All Databasesprotein ligand structures"BindingMOAD".36047
BMDBBovine Metabolome DatabaseCollaborative Drug DiscoveryBMDBmanually selected and checked"BMDB".7859
BMRBBiological Magnetic Resonance Data BankUniversity of Wisconsinbiological molecules including ligands, cofactors, peptides, saccharidesNMR spectroscopy"BMRB".
BRENDATechnical University of Braunschweigenzymes ligands"BRENDA".
Carotenoids DatabasecarotenoidsCA"Carotenoids".1195
CCCBDBComputational Chemistry Comparison and Benchmark DataBaseNational Institute of Standards and Technologygas phase molecules"CCCDBD"2069
CCRISChemical Carcinogenesis Research Information SystemNational Library of Medicinesubstances that affect tumorsCCRISfrom primary literature, reviewed by experts"CCRIS subset of PubChem".9562
CDD Publicdrug candidateslimited access3,000,000
ChEBIChemical Entities of Biological InterestELIXIRsmall chemical compoundsfrom PDBeChem ChEMBL KEGG IntEnz"ChEBI".60,000
ChematicaMerckorganic chemicalsreaction pathway calculation; Beilstein CAS SMILESproprietary7,000,000
ChEMBLChemicals from European Molecular Biology LaboratoryEMBLmolecules with drug-like properties"ChEMBL".1,961,000
cheML.ioDepartments of Computer Science and Chemistry at Nazarbayev Universityde novo molecules generated by ML modelsSMILES, computed propertiesartificially generated"cheML.io".2,800,000
ChemDBchemical databasesmall molecules"ChemDB".5,000,000
ChemExperChemexper Chemical Directorycatalogue chemicalsCASno Structure SMILES"ChemExper".
Chemxpert DatabaseChemxpert Chemical Databasesmall molecules databasebuyers,suppliers"ChemxpertDB".10,00000
Chemical BookEast West Universitycommercially available compoundsCASno, suppliers, properties"Chemical Book".200,000
Chemical Registerfrom 20,000 vendorsCASno mainly from larger-scale suppliers"Chemical Register".1,750,000
ChemIDplusNational Library of Medicineother NLM databases; regulated substancesCASNo UNII structureCMNPDhttps://chem.nlm.nih.gov/chemidplus/chemidlite.jsp400,000
ChemSpiderRoyal Society of Chemistryfrom 275 data sources"ChemSpider".88,000,000
ChemIndexchemical databasesubstancesCAS Search; suppliers"Chemindex".
Clival DatabaseClinical Trail DatabaseClinical Trail Data Solutions50,000 molecules clinical trail dataPhase 0 to IV indications"clival".
CMNPDComprehensive Marine Natural Products DatabasePeking Universityfrom literature and other databasesstructural classification; speciesCMNPDcuratedhttps://www.cmnpd.org/31,561
CODCrystallography Open DatabaseVilnius Universitysmall molecules (open source)crystal structure atomic coordinatesCODcurated"COD".478,715
Common ChemistryAmerican Chemical Societystructure CAS SMILES InChhttps://commonchemistry.cas.org/~500,000
Compendium of Pesticide Common NamesBritish Crop Production CouncilPesticides with ISO common namesstructure, CASNo, IUPAC name, SMILES, InChIcurated"Compendium of Pesticide Common Names".1,800
CompToxCompTox Chemicals DashboardUS Environmental Protection Agencychemicals evaluated for potential health risks"CompTox".
CosIngCosmetic IngredientsEuropean Commissioncosmetic ingredients"CosIng".
CrystalWorksScience and Technology Facilities Council"CrystalWorks".
CSDCambridge Structural DatabaseCambridge Crystallographic Data Centre"CSD".1,038,250
CSDBCarbohydrate Structure DatabaseZelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistrycarbohydratesstructures referencesCSDB ID"CSDB".
CTDComparative Toxicogenomics DatabaseDepartment of Biological Sciences at North Carolina State UniversityMeSH CASNo ChEBI PubChem genes, pathways"CTD".
DDBDortmund Data Bankpure compounds, mixtures, gas hydratesphysical properties"DDB".
Dissociation ConstantsIUPAC Digitized pKa DatasetIUPACdissociation constants"Dissociation Constants". GitHub.
DETHERMDECHEMAthermophysical properties"DETHERM".75,000
DrugBankUniversity of Albertadrugs"DrugBank".
DrugCentralUniversity of New Mexicopharmaceuticalsproducts containing substance"DrugCentral".
DTP/NCIDTP Open Compound collectionNational Cancer Institute Development Therapeutics ProgramCancer therapeuticsCancer Chemotherapy National Service Center number"DTP/NCI".250,000
ECHAREACH databaseEuropean Chemicals AgencyEINECS ELINCS NLPCASNo HPhrases pictograms tonnage"ECHA/REACH".245,000
EAWAG-BBDBiocatalysis/Biodegradation DatabaseEawag: Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and TechnologyCAS SMILES pubchem pathways"EAWAG-BBD".1396
eMoleculesdrug screening chemicalslist of suppliers and catalog numbers"eMolecules".8,000,000
ENCSJapanese Existing and New Chemical Substances Inventoryregulated chemicals"ENCS (in Japanese)".
Evaluated Kinetic DataIUPACrate constantscurated"Evaluated Kinetic Data".
FDA SRSFood and Drug Administration Substance Registration SystemU.S. National Library of Medicineingredients in FDA regulated productsUNII inchikey"FDA SRS".781,000
FEMAFlavor Ingredient LibraryFlavor and Extract Manufacturers AssociationCAS CFR FEMA number"FEMA".
FooDBFood DatabaseUniversity of AlbertaFood components and additives"FooDB".70926
GlyTouCaninternational glycan structure repositoryMinistry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science & Technology[which country?]glycansWURCS GlycoCT PubChem CIDG"Glycan Repository".122194
GmelinGmelin databaseElsevierinorganic and organometallic compoundsclosed access1,500,000
G-SRSGlobal Substance Registration SystemCAS PubChem ChEMBL INN UNII"G-SRS".109,260
GMDGolm Metabolome DatabaseGC/MS of metabolites"GMD".
Guide to PHARMACOLOGYIUPHARdrugs and targetsINN CAS ChEBI ChEMBL DrugBank PubChem"Guide to PHARMACOLOGY".
Henry's law constantsMax Planck Institute for Chemistryvolatile compoundsHenry's law constantsfrom literature"Henry's law constants".46434
HMDBHuman Metabolome DatabaseGenome Canadametabolites found in the human bodybiochemical data, clinical dataHMDB"HMDB".114,222
HugeMDBHuge Molecular DatabaseElegant Mathematics LLCSmall molecules (most of entries have <100 atoms)major conformers with its 3D and easy search on themMgood correlated with PubChem on data that is available on PubChem"HugeMDB".102 million
ICSCILO International Chemical Safety CardsInternational Labour OrganizationCAS, EC number, UNnumber"ICSC".1784
ICSDInorganic Crystal Structure DatabaseFIZ Karlsruhe GmbH"ICSD".161,030
IEDBImmune Epitope DatabaseNational Institute of Allergy and Infectious DiseasesEpitopes mainly peptides and carbohydrates"IEDB".3,002 non-peptides
ILThermoIonic liquids DatabaseNational Institute of Standards and Technologyionic liquids icluding their solutions and mixturesphysical properties"ILThermo".3041
IUPAC-NIST Solubility Databasehttps://srdata.nist.gov/solubility/index.aspx67,500
JECDBJapan Existing Chemical DatabaseCAS EINECS RTECS SDBS TSCA graph of number of articles per year"JECDB".
J-GLOBALNikajiJapan Science and Technology Agency"J-GLOBAL".
KEGGKyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and GenomesKyoto University Bioinformatics CenterCompounds Glycans (also enzymes, reactions, pathways)CAS ChEBI ChEMBL MASSBANK NIKKAJI PubChem PDB-CCD"KEGG".
Ki DatabasePDSPligand binding"Ki Database".
KNApSAcKNara Institute of Science and TechnologyInChI CAS SMILES organismsC00"KNApSAcK".
LINCSLibrary of Integrated Network-based Cellular Signaturessmall moleculesPubChem ChEMBL SMILES InChILSM"LINCS".43,700
LipidBankJapanese Conference on the Biochemistry of Lipidslipids"LipidBank".7,009
LMSDLIPID MAPS Structure DatabaseLipidsHMDB ChEBI PubChem InChILMFA"LMSD".44701
LOLIList of Listssafety data sheets, regulation"LOLI".
Mculesupplied chemicalsInChI, SMILES, SDF, physichochemical properties"Mcule".45,000,000
MediaDBInstitute for Systems Biologygrowth media"MediaDB".288
Merck IndexRoyal Society of Chemistrydrugs"Merck-Index".11,500
MeSHMedical Subject HeadingsUS National Library of Medicinebiomedical thesaurushierarchy of descriptors to literature with MeSH ID"MeSH".
MetaCycSRI Internationalmetabolic pathways; metabolites"MetaCyc".
MetaboLightsEMBL-EBIMTBL"MetaboLights".
MetaNetXSIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformaticsmetabolic networks, metabolites, biochemical reactions, cellular compartmentsmetabolic models, SBML, InChI, InChIKey, SMILESMNXMunified namespace for metabolites and biochemical reactions in the context of metabolic models"MetaNetX".240 metabolic models, 1292154 metabolites, 74613 reactions, 44 compartments
METLINMetabolite and Chemical Entity Databasetandem mass spectrometry of metabolites"METLIN".960,000
MINASMetal Ions in Nucleic AcidSUniversity of Zurichhttps://www.minas.uzh.ch/
ModelSeedKEGG

MetaCyc

metabolic pathways

CPD"ModelSeed".
MolPortcatalog chemicals"MolPort".
MoNAMass Bank of North Americamass spectrasplash legg chemspider pubchem chebi CAS"MoNA".200,000
npatlasThe Natural Products AtlasSimon Fraser Universitymicrobial and fungal productssmiles, organismNPAnpatlas33434
NIOSH pocket guideNIOSH Pocket Guide to Chemical HazardsNational Institute for Occupational Safety and Healthcommonly used chemicalsexposure limits"NIOSH". 2 August 2024.677
NIST WebbookNIST Chemistry WebbookNational Institute of Standards and Technologyspectra CAS ionization energy mass spectrum, InChIC+CAS"NIST Webbook".
NMRShiftDBUniversity of Cologneorganicnuclear magnetic resonance spectra"NMRShiftDB".43,581
NORMAN SLENORMAN Suspect List Exchangeenvironmental monitoring"NORMAN SLE".110,000
OMGOpen Macromolecular GenomeJackson group at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaignsynthetically accessible linear homopolymersSMILES of linear homopolymersGithub / Zenodo12,886,131
ORDOpen Reaction DatabaseORD consortiumOrganic reactionsmachine-readable reaction schemes"ORD"2,000,000
OrgSynOrganic SynthesesOrganic Syntheses, Inc.Reliable chemical reactionsSearchable experimental proceduresPeer reviewed"OrgSyn search".
PDB PDBeProtein Data Bank in EuropeEMBL-EBIhas some chemicals as well as proteins"PDBe".
PATENTSCOPEWIPO"PATENTSCOPE".16,000,000
PDBRSCB Protein Data Bank"PDB".166,891
PharmGKBShriram Center for Bioengineering and Chemical Engineeringdrugs targetsprescribing infocurated"PharmGKB".
PHAROSIlluminating the Druggable GenomeNational Institutes of Healthdrug ligands; targetshttps://pharos.nih.gov/355932 ligands

20412 targets

Phenol-Explorerpolyphenols found in food"Phenol-Explorer".500
PhosidaPHOsphorylation SIte DAtabaseprotein modifications"Phosida".
PoLyInfoPolymer DatabaseNational Institute for Materials Sciencephysical properties"PoLyInfo".26,000
PPDBPesticide Properties DatabaseAgriculture & Environment Research Unit, University of HertfordshirePesticides and their metabolitesChemical structure, physicochemical properties, human health and ecotoxicological datacurated"PPDB".2000
Probes and Drugs
ProCarDBProkaryotic Bacterial Carotenoid DataBaseIMTECHspectra references"ProCarDB".1800
PubChemNational Library of Medicine National Center for Biotechnology Informationfrom 748 data sourcesStructures, Names and Identifiers, Chemical and Physical Properties, Spectral Information, Related Records, Chemical Vendors, Pharmacology and Biochemistry, Use and Manufacturing, Safety and Hazards, Toxicity, Literature, Patents, Biomolecular Interactions and Pathways, Biological Test Results"PubChem".103,000,000
ReaxysElsevierchemical compoundsSearchable chemical reactions"About Reaxys".118,000,000
Ref-DBRe-referenced Protein Chemical shift Databaseproteins from BioMagResBankRe-referenced NMR shift"Ref-DB".2162
RheaSwiss Institute of Bioinformaticsbiochemical reactionsChEBIcurated"Rhea".
RÖMPPThieme Gruppe"RÖMPP".
RTECSRegistry of Toxic Effects of Chemical SubstancesDassault SystèmesToxicity, Literature"Biovia-RTECS". 8 September 2023.160,000
RxNavU.S. National Library of Medicine  drugsinteractions"RxNav".
SaguaroChemDe Novo ChemChemical reactions from the patent literatureChemical reaction SMILES, annotated procedures, characterization data, reference metadataCurated from patent literature"SaguaroChem". 4 July 2024.2,091,105
SciFinderChemical Abstracts Service of American Chemical Societyorganic, inorganic chemicals, proteinsCASNopaid access only130,000,000
ScrubChemscraped from PubChem"ScrubChem".2,282,992
SDBSSpectral Database for

Organic Compounds

National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), JapanOrganic compoundsSpectra:IR Raman MASS ESR 1H NMR 13C NMRSDBS Nocurated"SDBS".34,000
Serum Metabolome DatabaseThe Metabolomics Innovation Centrefound in blood serum"Serum Metabolome DB".4,651
Solvent Selection ToolACS Green Chemistry InstituteSolventsPrincipal components analysis of physical propertiescurated"Solvent Selection Tool".272
SPRESIwebInfoChem Gesellschaft für chemische Information mbHorganic molecules and reactionsorganic structuresfrom literature"SPRESI".5,800,000
SpringerMaterialsSpringersolid materialsCAS InChI physical propertiesfrom literature"SpringerMaterials".155,165 + 494,942
STITCHEMBLfrom Biocarta, BioCyc, GO, KEGG, and ReactomeChemical-Protein Interactionscurated and predicted"STITCH".500,000
SuperDRUG2Structural Bioinformatics Groupdrugs targetstargets, dose, side effects, Canonical SMILES, Standard InChI, Standard InChIKey, DrugBank, ChEMBL, DrugCentral, KEGG, PubChem, CASRNSD"SuperDRUG2".4,600
Super Natural IInatural product chemicalsSMILES vendorsSN00"Super Natural II".325,508
SureChEMBLEuropean Molecular Biology Laboratorysubstances in patentspatent text"SureChEMBL".
SwissLipidsSwiss Institute of BioinformaticslipidsSLM:"SwissLipids".
TDR TargetsTropical Disease ResearchTrypanosomatics Laboratorydrugs and targets"TDR Targets".2,000,000
TTDTherapeutic Targets DatabaseZhejiang Universitydrugs and targetsSMILES InChI CAS PubChem"TTD".37,316
T3DBToxin and Toxin-Target Database

Toxic Exposome Database

University of Albertatoxins and toxin targetsT3D"T3DB".3,678
UniChemEMBL-EBIpointers to existing chemicals; indexes 41 databasesStructure; StdInChI; links to databasesautomated loads""Compound Sources Search"".>2000000
UniProtUniProt Knowledgebaseproteinssequence, modifications, location, organism, similar"UniProt".
US DOTUS Department of transportEmergency response guidebook

DOT + others

bulk transported chemicalsUNnumber United Nations ID number, hazard response guide"Emergency response guidebook" (PDF).3000
UV/VIS Spectral AtlasThe MPI-Mainz UV/VIS spectral atlas of gaseous molecules of atmospheric interestMax Planck Institute for Chemistrygaseous moleculesabsorption cross sectionsfrom literature"UV/VIS Spectral Atlas".7313
YMDBYeast Metabolome DatabaseThe Metabolomics Innovation Centremetabolites of yeast48 data fieldsYMDB"YMDB".16042
ZINCZINC is not commercialUniversity of California, San Franciscopurchasable substancesEPA DSS TOX, ChEMBL, HMDB, KEGG, PDB, SMILES"ZINC".37 x 109

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