Wiley-VCH has announced the launch of AntiBase 2007, a new comprehensive database for researchers and scientists in the fields of organic chemistry, biochemistry, biotechnology, and pharmaceuticals
Providing validated data for 33,557 compounds, AntiBase identifies unique and potentially useful compounds among microorganisms and higher fungi, including yeasts, ascomycetes, basidiomycetes, and lichens, as well as algae, cyanobacteria, and peptides.
AntiBase provides the following for each compound: molecular formula and mass; elemental composition; CAS registry number; physico-chemical data; spectroscopic data, including UV, 13C- NMR, IR and mass spectra; pharmacological activity; toxicity; origin and isolation; and references.
For those compounds where no measured spectra are available, AntiBase utilizes predicted 13C-NMR spectra produced by the spectrum prediction program SpecInfo.
AntiBase 2007 features expanded functionality, including:.
Structure, substructure, drug activity, and microbial species searches.
ISIS/Draw and Chemdraw capabilities.
Displays that detail the antimicrobial spectra of drugs.
Searches can also be combined with compound structures or toxicological data.
Calculated high-resolution molecular masses.
Edited by Hartmut Laatsch of the University of Gottingen, Germany, AntiBase is updated on an annual basis.
AntiBase 2007 is available via CD-Rom in the ISIS/Base, ChemFinder, or SciDex formats.
