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Chemistry: Chemical names and properties

Chemistry

Chemical names and properties - resources

  • ChemSpider (Royal Society of Chemistry) – a free chemical structure database providing fast text and structure search access to over 30 million structures from hundreds of data sources. Results link to databases (Analytical Abstracts, PubMed, etc), vendors and more. Search by names, structure, registry number etc. Apps for iPod and Android are available.
  • eMIMS Online  – pharmaceutical product information including prescribing information, consumer information and product images for pharmaceuticals available in Australia.
  • Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 18th Edition (electronic version) –  Online access to the English version PDF chapters published in 2022 and 2023.
  • Micromedex – drug information including dosage, medication safety, pharmacokinetics, clinical applications and toxicology. 
  • Multilingual Dictionary of Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances under International Control - United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. Individual monographs providing accurate and comprehensive information on the chemical names and variants of all controlled substances.
  • PubChem (NCBI) – provides information on the biological activities of small molecules.  Search three linked databases - Substance, Compound & BioAssay - using compound names, structures, synonyms or keywords. Records include physical properties and links to safety, literature, etc.
  • Periodic Table (Royal Society of Chemistry) - interactive table features history, alchemy, podcasts, videos, and data trends.

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