Cortexa research tool·chemistry·metabolite

HMDB Search

Alias for Metabolite_search. Search for metabolites by compound name or molecular formula via PubChem. Accepts common names, synonyms (e.g., 'glucosylceramide', 'glucose', 'ATP').

Livelast probed 2026-04-30 23:07Z· 92msCortexa

Status

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

Last probed: 1d ago
Last success: 1d ago
Last latency: 92ms

Schema

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

{
  "properties": {
    "operation": {
      "const": "search",
      "type": "string"
    },
    "query": {
      "description": "Compound name or molecular formula to search",
      "type": "string"
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "query"
  ],
  "type": "object"
}

Examples (1)

Default HMDB Search call

public-safeinput

{
  "query": "BRCA1"
}

Expected response keys: success

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

Identifiers

Catalog ID: tu_HMDB_search
Tool name: HMDB_search
Added: 2026-04-30 22:47Z
Tags: tooluniverse

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