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MetaCyc Get Compound

Get metabolite/compound details from MetaCyc by compound ID. Returns compound information and URL to compound page. Note: requires a free BioCyc account (https://biocyc.org/register.shtml); returns auth error without BIOCYC_API_KEY.

Livelast probed 2026-04-30 23:07Z· 104msCortexa

Status

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

Last probed: 1d ago
Last success: 1d ago
Last latency: 104ms

Schema

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

{
  "properties": {
    "compound_id": {
      "description": "MetaCyc compound ID (e.g., CPD-1, PYRUVATE)",
      "type": "string"
    },
    "operation": {
      "const": "get_compound",
      "type": "string"
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "compound_id"
  ],
  "type": "object"
}

Examples (1)

Default MetaCyc Get Compound call

public-safeinput

{
  "compound_id": "aspirin"
}

Expected response keys: success

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

Identifiers

Catalog ID: tu_MetaCyc_get_compound
Tool name: MetaCyc_get_compound
Added: 2026-04-30 22:47Z
Tags: tooluniverse

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