I learned about a useful resource in my class on Monday. It's a free government site called TOXNET. It contains various databases on "toxicology, hazardous chemicals, environmental health, and toxic releases." One source on this site that might be especially helpful to students is ChemIDplus. It provides information about various chemicals as well as the chemical abstract number. There is the option to search by the chemical structure in addition to the chemical name. If you go to the advanced search, there is a box that you can click on and then create a particular chemical structure. Then you just click search and it will provide information about that particular structure.
I thought this was an interesting site and thought you might like to explore it as well.
(P.S. TOXNET can be accessed from the Pharmacy resources library page.)
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