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DATABASES OF CHEMICALS/TOXICANTS

DATABASES OF PHARMACEUTICALS

DATABASES OF DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS AND BOTANICALS

FDA DESCRIPTION OF DRUG REVIEW AND APPROVAL PROCESS

DATABASES OF CHEMICALS/TOXICANTS

Environmental Defense Fund's List of Reproductive Toxicants
http://www.scorecard.org/health-effects/chemicals.tcl?short_hazard_name=repro&all_p=t
Environmental Defense Fund Chemical Profiles
http://www.scorecard.org/chemical-profiles/
Toxline
http://toxnet.nlm.nih.gov/cgi-bin/sis/htmlgen?TOXLINE
CambridgeSoft Chemfinder
http://chemfinder.camsoft.com
Chemfinder gives basic physico-chemical data and molecular structures for chemicals, and provides links to international data sources addressing specific chemicals.
University of Akron Hazardous Chemicals Database
http://ull.chemistry.uakron.edu/erd/
The Hazardous Chemicals Database provides physical data on chemicals and links to Department of Transportation safety guides that are valuable for emergency response.
The Registry of Toxic Effects of Chemical Substances (RTECS)
RTECHS is a database of toxicological information compiled by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. It contains summary information about the types of health effects chemicals can cause and the concentrations at which toxicity is known to occur. It is available at the University of Washington and from several commercial vendors at http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/rtecs/

DATABASES OF PHARMACEUTICALS

FDA
http://www.fda.gov/search.html
RXLisxt -- The Internet Drug List
SMS students have indicated this database has been helpful in their research.
http://www.rxlist.com
PHRMA
http://www.phrma.org
Comprehensive information on new drug approvals in various areas, such as cancer and women's health.
ORANGE BOOK
http://www.fda.gov/cder/ob/default.htm
FDA approved drug products -- with therapeutic equivalence evaluations
MEDLINE PLUS ACCESS TO U.S. PHARMACOPEIA DRUG INFORMATION VOLUME II
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/druginformation.html
Information about side-effects, dosing, drug interactions, precautions, and storage for over 9,000 brand-name and generic prescription and over-the counter drugs. The articles are written in non-technical language for the use of patients.
AMA
http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/category/2712.html
AMA's search engine searches their site and supplies links to full-text articles.
Medscape's Drug Search 2000
http://www.medscape.com/druginfo
Combines information from the National Drug Data File with information from the American Hospital Formulary Service Drug Information. Free registration is required.

DATABASES OF DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS AND BOTANICALS

Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
http://www.ars-grin.gov/duke/index.html
Native American Ethnobotany Database: Foods, Drugs, Dyes, and Fibers of Native North American Peoples
http://herb.umd.umich.edu/
International Bibliographic Information on Dietary Supplements (IBIDS)
http://ods.od.nih.gov/Health_Information/IBIDS.aspx
A database of published, international, scientific literature on dietary supplements, including vitamins, minerals, and botanicals. IBIDS is produced by the Office of Dietary Supplements (ODS) at the National Institutes of Health. It currently contains over 328,000 scientific citations and abstracts.
HerbMed -- Alternative Medicine Foundation
http://www.herbmed.org/
Southwest School of Botanical Medicine
http://www.swsbm.com/homepage/
The school's homepage contains links to databases of medicinal plant images as well as manuals, folios, classic texts, and research.

FDA DESCRIPTION OF DRUG REVIEW AND APPROVAL PROCESSS

From Test Tube to Patient: New Drug Development in the United States
http://www.fda.gov/fdac/special/newdrug/ndd_toc.html

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