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. 2013 Apr 4;4:73. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2013.00073

Table 1.

Metabolome databases involving mass spectra, compounds, metabolic pathways, metabolite profiles, and statistical/mathematical tools.

Database URL PMID Notes and contents
MASS SPECTRUM-ORIENTED
AtMetExpress Development http://prime.psc.riken.jp/lcms/AtMetExpress/ 20023150 A phytochemical atlas of Arabidopsis thaliana [LC-specific]
BinBase http://eros.fiehnlab.ucdavis.edu:8080/binbase-compound/ NA A database system for automated metabolite annotation
Bio-MassBank http://bio.massbank.jp/ NA Mass spectra from biological samples [currently, LC-specific]
FihenLib http://fiehnlab.ucdavis.edu/projects/FiehnLib/index_html 19928838 Mass spectra and RI library based on GC-MS [GC-specific]
GMD@CSB.DB http://gmd.mpimp-golm.mpg.de/Default.aspx 15613389 GC-MS, retention index, profiles [GC-specific]
MaConDa http://www.maconda.bham.ac.uk 22954629 A database for mass spectrometry contaminants
MassBank http://www.massbank.jp/ 20623627 Mass spectral database for LC-MS, GC-MS, CE-MS, MALDI-MS, MS2, etc
MassBase http://webs2.kazusa.or.jp/massbase/ NA A mass spectral archive for LC-MS, GC-MS, and CE-MS.
MetaboLights http://www.ebi.ac.uk/metabolights/ 23060735 A database for metabolomics data and meta-data.
METLIN http://metlin.scripps.edu 16404815 Mass spectral database for LC-MS, MS2
MetaboSearch http://omics.georgetown.edu/MetaboSearch.html 22768229 A software tool for metabolite identification
MS/MS spectral tag (MS2T) viewer http://prime.psc.riken.jp/lcms/ms2tview/ms2tview.html 18939963 MS2 collections based on LC-MS [LC-specific]
NIST http://www.sisweb.com/software/ms/nist.htm NA Mass spectra based on GC-MS, LC-MS, MS2, etc
ResPect http://spectra.psc.riken.jp/ 22867903 MSn spectrum collection of literature [LC-specific]
SDBS http://riodb01.ibase.aist.go.jp/sdbs/cgi-bin/cre_index.cgi?lang = eng NA Spectral database for organic compounds
SetupX http://fiehnlab.ucdavis.edu/projects/FiehnLib/:8080/m1/ NA A management system of mass spectrometric data
The glycan mass spectral database (GMDB) http://riodb.ibase.aist.go.jp/rcmg/glycodb/Ms_ResultSearch 16053281 Mass spectral database for glycan [MALDI-specific]
The MetabolomeExpress https://www.metabolome-express.org/ 20626915 Online data repository for GC-MS-based metabolomics [GC-specific]
Adams library (4th Edition) ISBN 978-1-932633-21-4 2,205 MSRI library for plant essential oils [GC-specific]
Terpenoids and related constituents of essential oils http://massfinder.com/wiki/Terpenoids_Library NA >2,400 MSRI library for industry and research in the areas of essential oils [GC-specific]
VocBinBase http://vocbinbase.fiehnlab.ucdavis.edu/ 21816034 MSRI library for volatile compounds in GC-MS [GC-specific]
COMPOUND-ORIENTED
BKM-react 21824409 A biochemical knowledge database
CAS http://www.cas.org/ NA The world’s authority for chemical information
ChEBI http://www.ebi.ac.uk/chebi/ 17932057 similar to PubChem
Chemspider http://www.chemspider.com/ NA A database for chemical structure
KEGG COMPOUND http://www.genome.jp/kegg/compound/ 22080510 A database for small compounds
KNApSAcK http://kanaya.naist.jp/KNApSAcK/ 22123792 A comprehensive species-metabolite relationship database
LipidBank http://lipidbank.jp/ NA A database for natural lipids
LipidMaps http://www.lipidmaps.org/ 17584797 A database for lipid species
Metabolomics.jp http://metabolomics.jp/ 18822113 A wiki database for metabolomics
MetRxn: a knowledgebase of metabolites and reactions spanning metabolic models and databases http://metrxn.che.psu.edu/ 22233419 A web-based database for metabolites and reactions
Plant metabolome database (PMDB) http://www.sastra.edu/scbt/pmdb/ NA Annotated database for metabolites in plants
PubChem http://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov 19498078 A database of small organic compounds
The MMD data http://dbkgroup.org/MMD/ 19562197 A database for endogenous and exogenous metabolites
PATHWAY-ORIENTED
AraCyc http://arabidopsis.org/biocyc/ 15888675 Metabolic pathways for Arabidopsis
AraPath http://bioinformatics.sdstate.edu/arapath/ 22760305 A knowledgebas for molecular pathways in Arabidopsis
BioCyc http://biocyc.org/ 22102576 A collection of pathway/genome databases
IPAD http://bioinfo.hsc.unt.edu/ipad/ 23046449 A pathway analysis database
iPath http://pathways.embl.de 21546551 A web application for the analysis and visualization of biological pathways
KaPPA-View http://kpv.kazusa.or.jp/en/ 21097783 A web-based database for analyzing omics data
MapMan http://mapman.gabipd.org/ 19389052 A stand-alone tool for analyzing omics data
MetaCrop http://metacrop.ipk-gatersleben.de 22086948 Metabolic pathways for crops
MetaCyc http://metacyc.org/ 22102576 Metabolic pathways for multi-organisms
MetPA http://metpa.metabolomics.ca 20628077 A web application for analyzing and visualizing metabolomic data
MetScape http://metscape.ncibi.org/ 22135418 A Cytoscape plugin for visualizing metabolomic data
Paintomics http://www.paintomics.org 21098431 A web application for the visualization of metabolomic data
Pathos http://motif.gla.ac.uk/Pathos/ 22002696 A web-based database for the storage and analysis of metabolomic data
Pathvisio http://www.pathvisio.org 18817533 A tool for visualizing biological pathways
PlantCyc http://www.plantcyc.org/ NA Metabolic pathways for plants
ProMetra http://www.cebitec.uni-bielefeld.de/groups/brf/software/prometra_info/ 19698148 A viewer for multiple omics data
SMPDB http://www.smpdb.ca 19948758 A database for small molecule pathways
UniPathway http://www.unipathway.org/ 22102589 A manually curated database for metabolic pathways
VANTED http://vanted.ipk-gatersleben.de/ 16519817 A stand-alone tool for mapping omics data into metabolic pathways
METABOLITE-PROFILING-ORIENTED
Plants
ARMeC http://www.armec.org/ 20003623 A database for ESI-MS-based metabolomics including mainly potato
Chloroplast 2010 Project http://bioinfo.bch.msu.edu/2010_LIMS 21224340 Metabolite profiles of > 10000 SALK lines
GMD@CSB.DB: the Golm metabolome database http://gmd.mpimp-golm.mpg.de/Default.aspx 15613389 A metabolome database for plants
KOMIC Market http://webs2.kazusa.or.jp/komics/ NA A database for mass spectrometry-based metabolomics
McGill Metabolome Database http://metabolomics.mcgill.ca/ NA A metabolome database for crops
Medicinal plant metabolomics resource http://metnetdb.org/mpmr_public/ doi:10.3390/metabo2041031 A metabolome database for medicinal plants
MeKO@PRIMe http://prime.psc.riken.jp/meko/ NA A web-portal for visualizing metabolomic data of Arabdiopsis
Moto DB (Metabolome tomato database) http://appliedbioinformatics.wur.nl/moto/ 16896233 A metabolic database for tomato based on LC-MS
Plantmetabolomics.org http://www.plantmetabolomics.org 22080512 A web-based database for analyzing and sharing metabolomic data of Arabdiopsis
SoyMetDB: the soybean metabolome database http://soymetdb.org/ NA A web-based database for soybean metabolomics
Animals
HMDB http://www.hmdb.ca/ 18953024 Human metabolome database
MMMDB http://mmmdb.iab.keio.ac.jp 22139941 Mouse multiple tissue metabolome database
SMDB http://www.serummetabolome.ca/ 21359215 Serum Metabolome database
Bacteria
ECMDB http://www.ecmdb.ca/ 23109553 Ecoli metabolome database
YMDB http://www.ymdb.ca/ 22064855 Yeast metabolome database
TOOLS
Chemical translation service (CTS) http://cts.fiehnlab.ucdavis.edu 20829444 A web tool for translation of chemical information
IMPaLA http://impala.molgen.mpg.de/ 21483477 A web tool for over-representation and enrichment analysis
MBRole http://csbg.cnb.csic.es/mbrole/ 21208985 A web application to perform various types of enrichment analyses
Metab2MeSH: annotating compounds with medical subject headings http://metab2mesh.ncibi.org/ 22492643 A web application for annotating compounds with MeSH
MetaboAnalyst http://www.metaboanalyst.ca/ 22553367 A web application to analyze metabolomic data [multiple functions]
MetaGeneAlyse http://metagenealyse.mpimp-golm.mpg.de/ 14630670 A web application for analyzing omics data [multiple functions]
MetaMapp http://metamapp.fiehnlab.ucdavis.edu 22591066 A web application to generate network graph using metabolomics data
metaP-Server http://metabolomics.helmholtz-muenchen.de/metap2/ 20936179 A web application to analyze metabolomic data
MetiTree http://www.MetiTree.nl 22851531 A database for mass spectra of small molecules
MetMask http://metmask.sourceforge.net 20426876 Integration tool for chemical identifiers
MPEA http://ekhidna.biocenter.helsinki.fi/poxo/mpea/ 21551139 Metabolite pathway enrichment analysis
MSEA http://www.msea.ca/ 20457745 A web application to perform various types of enrichment analyses
MS-MS fragment viewer http://webs2.kazusa.or.jp/msmsfragmentviewer/ NA A database for FT-MS-based metabolomics
SMPDB http://www.smpdb.ca/ 19948758 Small molecule pathway database
MeltDB http://meltdb.cebitec.uni-bielefeld.de 18765459 A web-based system for data analysis and the management of metabolomics [multiple functions]
GENOME-SCALE METABOLIC MODELS
AraGEM http://web.aibn.uq.edu.au/cssb/resources/Genomes.html 20044452 A genome-scale metabolic reconstrucion in Arabidopsis
C4GEM http://web.aibn.uq.edu.au/cssb/resources/Genomes.html 20974891 A genome-scale metabolic reconstrucion in C4 plants
Poolman’s model http://www.plantphysiol.org/content/suppl/2009/10/08/pp.109.141267.DC1/141267Poolman_etal_Supl.zip 19755544 A genome-scale metabolic reconstrucion in Arabidopsis
Radrich’s model http://www.biomedcentral.com/1752-0509/4/114/additional 20712863 A genome-scale metabolic reconstrucion in Arabidopsis
Mintz-Oron model http://www.cs.technion.ac.il/~tomersh/methods.html 22184215 A tissu-specific genome-scale metabolic reconstrucion in Arabidopsis
BioModel database http://www.ebi.ac.uk/compneur-srv/biomodels-main/ 20587024 A database for mathematical modesl of biological pathways
BiGG http://bigg.ucsd.edu/ 20426874 A high-quality curated database for genome-scale metabolic reconstruction
The model SEED http://www.theseed.org/models/ 20802497 A high-throughput generation system for genome-scale metabolic model