About This Database

Drug

Data description

Data name

Drug

DOI

10.18908/lsdba.nbdc01185-001.V006

Description of data contents

KEGG DRUG is a comprehensive drug information resource for approved drugs in Japan, USA, and Europe unified based on the chemical structures and/or the chemical components, and associated with target, metabolizing enzyme, and other molecular interaction network information.

Data file

File name :

kegg_medicus_drug_en.csv.zip

File URL :

https://dbarchive.biosciencedbc.jp/data/kegg-medicus/LATEST/kegg_medicus_drug_en.csv.zip

File size :

8.2 MB

Simple search URL

http://togodb.biosciencedbc.jp/togodb/view/kegg_medicus_drug_en

Data acquisition method

Data analysis method

Number of data entries

12,190 entries

Data detail

Data item	Description
D number	Unique identifier of the KEGG DRUG entry.
Classification	Shown when the drug is Mixture, Crude or Formula.
Name	The generic name and selected trade names of the drug.
Component	Component
Formula	The molecular formula of the drug structure.
Exact mass	The exact mass of the drug structure.
Mol weight	The molecular weight of the drug structure.
Structural formula	Chemical structural formula. (Simple search only)
Sequence	Sequence data when the drug is a peptide or a polyketide.
Sequence type	Sequence type (NRP, PK, Peptide).
Source	Biological source when the drug is derived from a natural product.
Upper DGroup	Upper DGroup.
Remark	This field contains Therapeutic category, ATC code, and also identical entries in the COMPOUND database.
Efficacy	Efficacy and activity of the drug.
Disease	The desease healed by the drug.
Comment	Free text comment.
Target	Target information of the drug with appropriate links to human genes and KEGG Orthology.
Metabolism	Information about drug metabolizing enzyme and transporter.
Interaction	Other interaction information, including CYP induction and inhibition, genomic biomarkers, etc.
Other DBs	Links to outside databases.
KCF data	The KCF (KEGG Chemical Function) representation of the chemical structure can be displayed here. It contains the KEGG atom type information for use in chemical structure comparisons.