Link to Other Sources
Links to Clinical Trials and Literature
PubChem summaries also include links to outside sources of literature, clinical trials, and more. Most will have links to PubMed and some to ClinicalTrials.gov, plus publishers like Springer Nature and Wiley.
Clinical Trials Example
Go to the Best Match for Aspartame.
In the Contents menu, go to the Drug and Medication Information section. From there, jump to the Clinical Trials section. This section includes tables with links to different clinical trial repositories, like ClinicalTrials.gov.
Click on the CTID (Clinical Trials identifier) to view the clinical trial details.
Literature Example
Go back to the Contents menu and find the Literature section. Click on the chevron (˅) beside the section name to see all of its contents. From there, you can jump directly to a specific publisher or database.
Click on NLM Curated PubMed Citations to view PubMed results about this chemical.
Exercises
Open PubChem and answer the following questions:
- Find the Best Match summary for Biotin.
True or False? PubChem only includes clinical trials information for this drug from ClinicalTrials.gov.
- Go to the Literature section for Biotin.
True or False? You can link from the PubChem record for Biotin to NLM Curated PubMed citations.