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The Human Metabolome Database (HMDB)
SpectraCompounds and reactions
The Human Metabolome Database (HMDB) is a freely available electronic database containing detailed information about small molecule metabolites found in the human body. It is intended to be used for applications in metabolomics, clinical chemistry, biomarker discovery and general education. The database is designed to contain or link three kinds of data: 1) chemical data, 2) clinical data, and 3) molecular biology/biochemistry data. The database contains 220,945 metabolite entries including both water-soluble and lipid soluble metabolites. Additionally, 8,610 protein sequences (enzymes and transporters) are linked to these metabolite entries. Each MetaboCard entry contains 130 data fields with 2/3 of the information being devoted to chemical/clinical data and the other 1/3 devoted to enzymatic or biochemical data. Many data fields are hyperlinked to other databases (KEGG, PubChem, MetaCyc, ChEBI, PDB, UniProt, and GenBank) and a variety of structure and pathway viewing applets. The HMDB database supports extensive text, sequence, chemical structure, MS and NMR spectral query searches. Four additional databases, DrugBank, T3DB, SMPDB and FooDB are also part of the HMDB suite of databases.
- Website
- Record in FAIRsharing (doi:10.25504/FAIRsharing.sye5js)
- Subjects: Biochemistry, Bioinformatics, Life Science, Metabolomics, Molecular biology, Omics, Phenomics, Proteomics
Documentation, events and training
bio.tools API and tool documentation
- HMDB API documentation (same homepage)
TeSS Training materials (1)
What is known per question
The questions of the decision tree, with what FAIRsharing says about this repository. ✓ supported, ✗ excluded, ? not known. Your own answers are marked.
What kind of data do you want to archive?
- ✓ Spectra
- ? Crystal structures
- ? Computational chemistry
- ? Catalysis
- ✓ Compounds and reactions
- ? Bioassays and chemical biology
- ? Materials and polymers
- ? Images and microscopy
- ? Something else
Subjects: Biochemistry; Bioinformatics; Life Science; Metabolomics; Molecular biology; Omics; Phenomics; Proteomics
Domains: chemical entity; lipid; metabolite; molecular entity; small molecule
Does the journal or publisher you publish with require or recommend a repository?
- ? Yes
- ? No
- ? I do not know
FAIRsharing has no information on this.
Which discipline does your data belong to?
FAIRsharing has no information on this.
Which publisher?
FAIRsharing has no information on this.
Does your funder have requirements for where data is archived?
- ? Yes
- ? No
- ? I do not know
FAIRsharing has no information on this.
Which funder?
FAIRsharing has no information on this.
Does your institution offer a data repository?
- ? Yes
- ? No
- ? I do not know
FAIRsharing has no information on this.
Which institution?
FAIRsharing has no information on this.
Can your data be shared openly?
- ✓ Yes, openly available
- ? Yes, after an embargo
- ✗ Only with restrictions
Data access: open
Data deposition: not applicable
How large is your dataset?
- ? Less than 1 GB
- ? 1 GB to 50 GB
- ? 50 GB to 1 TB
- ? More than 1 TB
FAIRsharing has no information on this.
Why can the data not be open?
- ? It contains personal data
- ? Commercial or intellectual property reasons
- ? Safety or security concerns
- ? A data sharing agreement limits it
FAIRsharing has no information on this.
Under which license do you want to share the data?
- ? CC0 / public domain
- ? CC BY
- ? Another open license
- ? Not decided yet
Licences: HMDB Attribution required; HMDB No derivatives without permission
Do you need a persistent identifier, such as a DOI, for citing the data?
- ? Yes, a DOI
- ? Any persistent identifier will do
- ? No
FAIRsharing has no information on this.
Must the data be stored in a specific region?
- ✗ In the European Union
- ? In a specific country
- ✓ No preference
Country: Canada
Must archiving be free of charge?
- ? Yes, free only
- ? A fee is fine
FAIRsharing has no information on this.
Which country?
? not known for the list ✗ excludes 15
Country: Canada