PubChem

Knowledge Source Identification
Knowledge source name PubChem
Owner/Developer US National Center for Biotechnology Information
Abbreviated owner NCBI
Country United States of America
URL https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/
Contact https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/About/glance/contact_info.html
Description PubChem, released in 2004, provides information on the biological activities of small molecules. PubChem is organized as three linked databases within the NCBI's Entrez information retrieval system. These are PubChem Substance, PubChem Compound, and PubChem BioAssay. PubChem also provides a fast chemical structure similarity search tool.
Knowledge Source Category
Category Information System
Sub categories Database, Knowledge-base, Online tool / Search engine
Knowledge Dissemination and Sharing
Dissemination channel Website, Social media
Targeted audience (specified/objective analysis) Not specified
Users access Open access
Knowledge Characterization
3Rs relevance Replacement, Reduction
Purpose Documentation and information