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MyChem Query Chemicals

Search for chemicals and drugs by name, structure (InChIKey, SMILES), or database ID. Returns annotations from sources like DrugBank, ChEMBL, ChEBI, and PubChem.

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": {
    "fields": {
      "default": "drugbank.name,drugbank.drug_interactions,chebi,pubchem.cid,chembl.molecule_chembl_id",
      "description": "Comma-separated fields to return. Common: drugbank, chebi, pubchem, chembl, drugcentral, unii.",
      "type": "string"
    },
    "query": {
      "description": "Search query. Examples: 'aspirin' (name), 'BSYNRYMUTXBXSQ-UHFFFAOYSA-N' (InChIKey), 'drugbank.id:DB00945', 'chembl.molecule_chembl_id:CHEMBL25'.",
      "type": "string"
    },
    "size": {
      "default": 10,
      "description": "Maximum number of results (1-100).",
      "type": "integer"
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "query"
  ],
  "type": "object"
}

Examples (1)

Default MyChem Query Chemicals call

public-safeinput

{
  "query": "BRCA1",
  "size": 1
}

Expected response keys: success

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Identifiers

Catalog ID: tu_MyChem_query_chemicals
Tool name: MyChem_query_chemicals
Added: 2026-04-30 22:47Z
Tags: tooluniverse

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