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layout ontology_detail
id chebi
in_foundry_order 1
alternatePrefix ChEBI
title Chemical Entities of Biological Interest
review
date
2010
build
source_url method infallible
ftp://ftp.ebi.ac.uk/pub/databases/chebi/ontology/chebi.obo
obo2owl
1
description A structured classification of molecular entities of biological interest focusing on 'small' chemical compounds.
twitter chebit
contact
email label github
amalik@ebi.ac.uk
Adnan Malik
amalik01
license
url label
CC-BY 4.0
domain biochemistry
homepage http://www.ebi.ac.uk/chebi
page http://www.ebi.ac.uk/chebi/init.do?toolBarForward=userManual
depicted_by https://www.ebi.ac.uk/chebi/images/ChEBI_logo.png
publications
id title
ChEBI in 2016: Improved services and an expanding collection of metabolites.
browsers
products
id
chebi.owl
id
chebi.obo
id title
chebi.owl.gz
chebi, compressed owl
id title
chebi/chebi_lite.obo
chebi_lite, no syns or xrefs
id title
chebi/chebi_core.obo
chebi_core, no xrefs
tracker https://github.com/ebi-chebi/ChEBI/issues
usages
user description examples
Rhea uses CHEBI to annotate reaction participants
url description
Query for all usages of CHEBI:29748 (chorismate)
user description examples
ZFIN uses CHEBI to annotate experiments
url description
A curated zebrafish experiment involving exposure to (5Z,8Z,14Z)-11,12-dihydroxyicosatrienoic acid (CHEBI:63969)
activity_status active

A freely available dictionary of molecular entities focused on ‘small’ chemical compounds. The term ‘molecular entity’ refers to any constitutionally or isotopically distinct atom, molecule, ion, ion pair, radical, radical ion, complex, conformer, etc., identifiable as a separately distinguishable entity. The molecular entities in question are either products of nature or synthetic products used to intervene in the processes of living organisms.

ChEBI incorporates an ontological classification, whereby the relationships between molecular entities or classes of entities and their parents and/or children are specified.

ChEBI uses nomenclature, symbolism and terminology endorsed by the following international scientific bodies:

  • International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC)
  • Nomenclature Committee of the International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (NC-IUBMB)

Molecules directly encoded by the genome (e.g. nucleic acids, proteins and peptides derived from proteins by cleavage) are not as a rule included in ChEBI.