GetPubSynonymFromName: Get drug synonyms from PubChem by Drug names

View source: R/api_pubchem.R

GetPubSynonymFromNameR Documentation

Get drug synonyms from PubChem by Drug names

Description

GetPubSynonymFromName queries PubChem database with drug names via (PUG REST and retrieves synonyms of drugs.

Usage

GetPubSynonymFromName(names)

Arguments

names

A vector of characters containing names of drugs for searching.

Value

A Data frame contains:

  • input_name The name inputted by user.

  • synonyms Synonyms retrieved from PubChem. Different synonyms are separated by ";".

Author(s)

Jing Tang jing.tang@helsinki.fi Shuyu Zheng shuyu.zheng@helsinki.fi

Examples

names <- c("Aspirin", "5-FU")
synonyms <- GetPubSynonymFromName(names)


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