Evaluation of similarity measures for searching the dictionary of natural products database

Journal of Chemical Information and Computer Sciences

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 449-457

  Whittle, Martin ^a   Willett, Peter ^a   Klaffke, Werner ^b   Van Noort, Paula ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNILEVER RESEARCH VLAARDINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS; DATA REDUCTION; DATABASE SYSTEMS; HOLOGRAMS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE;

NATURAL PRODUCTS;

VIRTUAL REALITY;

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCT;

ARTICLE; FACTUAL DATABASE; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; METHODOLOGY;

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL;

EID: 0037362042     PISSN: 00952338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ci025591m     Document Type: Conference Paper

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