Frequently Asked Questions

Q1. What is DrugRepV compendium ?

Q2. What are the salient features of DrugRepV ?

Q3. How many chemical/drugs are available in the database ?

Q4. Is this Compendium is freely available ?

Q5. To whom DrugRepV is important ?

Q6. Can a user get the details of the experiments performed for anti-viral agents ?

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Q1. What is DrugRepV compendium ?
DrugRepV is a complete resource of chemicals used against viral infections.


Q2. What are the salient features of DrugRepV ?
It contains the details of the experiments performed (Pubmed), chemical properties (Pubchem), mode of action/targets (Drug bank / Pubbmed) clinical status (Drug bank/ Clinicaltrials.gov), primary indications and secondary indications of the repurposed drugs and chemicals.


Q3. How many chemical/drugs are available in the database ?
Database comprised of total 8485 entries with unique 3448 repurposed drugs and chemicals.


Q4. Is this Compendium is freely available ?
Yes, it is freely available at our website https://bioinfo.imtech.res.in/manojk/drugrepv/


Q5. To whom DrugRepV is important ?
DrugRepV is a comprehensive database of drugs and chemicals and would be highly useful to wider scientific community working in basic to the translation research. It is helpful for those who are working in pharmacology, medicine, oncology, biochemistry, molecular biology, virology and etc. to get the essential information of drug in there chemical, structural, clinical, biological, drug targets and pathway. Moreover, it is vital for those who are trying to combat both infectious and non-infectious disease.


Q6. Can a user get the details of the experiments performed for anti-viral agents ?
Yes, the details of experiments which include the important information like viral strain / serotype, multiplicity of infection, model system, mode of drug delivery, drug concentration and assay systems is available freely.