About this database

Worm Cures is a database dedicated to small molecules potentially useful for the treatment of diseases caused by nematodes developed by a team from Palacky University, Olomouc, Czech Republic. It compiles relevant information from the sources listed below.

Authors and contributors:

Rostislav Liška, Dominik Vítek, Jiří Voller

Contact: jiri.voller@upol.cz

Dedication: InterCOST grant LTC19030 of Czech Ministry of Education and sports, COST action Combatting anthelmintic resistance in ruminants (COMBAR) [CA16230]

Information sources:

• ChEMBL
• PubChem
• SureChEMBL
• Open Tree of Life
• Disease Ontology
• clinicaltrials.org
• Wikipedia
• Google patents
• Host-Parasite database
• Unichem

Tools used:

• Python
• R
• helminthR
• owlready2
• rdkit
• Google big query
• PostgreSQL
• Django Framework
• Apache