Cortexa research tool·chemistry·chebi

ChEBI Search

Search the ChEBI database for chemical entities by name, formula, or keyword. Uses Elasticsearch-powered full-text search across compound names, synonyms, definitions, and formulas. Returns matching compounds with IDs, names, formulas, and masses. Note: smiles and inchikey are not available from the search endpoint (use ChEBI_get_compound for structural data). Compound names are HTML-stripped. ChEBI contains 195,000+ chemical entities of biological interest.

Livelast probed 2026-04-30 23:07Z· 110msCortexa

Status

The most recent probe succeeded. Safe to call from the agent today.

Last probed: 1d ago
Last success: 1d ago
Last latency: 110ms

Schema

JSON Schema the agent (or your API call) must match.

{
  "properties": {
    "limit": {
      "description": "Maximum number of results to return. Default: 10. Max: 100.",
      "type": [
        "integer",
        "null"
      ]
    },
    "query": {
      "description": "Search query string - compound name, synonym, formula, or keyword. Examples: 'glucose', 'caffeine', 'C9H8O4' (aspirin formula), 'kinase inhibitor'.",
      "type": "string"
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "query"
  ],
  "type": "object"
}

Examples (1)

Default ChEBI Search call

public-safeinput

{
  "query": "BRCA1"
}

Expected response keys: success

Anonymous-safe example. Rate-limited; no sign-in required.

Identifiers

Catalog ID: tu_ChEBI_search
Tool name: ChEBI_search
Added: 2026-04-30 22:47Z
Tags: tooluniverse

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