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. 2013 Jan 28;6(2):124–160. doi: 10.3390/ph6020124

Table 4.

Examples of comprehensive online databases containing available drugs and their gene targets to aid drug repurposing efforts.

Name Website address Contents Ref.
PROMISCUOUS http://bioinformatics.charite.de/promiscuous A database containing 25,000 annotated withdrawn or experimental drugs searchable by name, target, or pathway. [141]
ChemSpider http://www.chemspider.com Free drug database containing 28 million structures searchable by calculated properties, structures, or drug ligands. [152]
DrugBank http://www.drugbank.ca A comprehensive database hosted by the University of Alberta that contains 4,800 drugs including FDA-approved small drugs, natural agents, and experimental drugs and their sequence, structure, and target pathway. [140]