search_ligands

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declared in 0.1.0

Search the Guide to PHARMACOLOGY (IUPHAR/BPS) — an expert-curated pharmacology database — for drug ligands by name. Returns matching ligands with their GtoPdb ligand id, type (e.g. Synthetic organic, Peptide, Antibody, Metabolite), and approval status. Use the returned ligand id with ligand_interactions to find which protein targets it acts on. Keyless. Complements ChEMBL/DrugBank.

Parameters schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "name"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "name": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Ligand name or fragment to search for, e.g. \"aspirin\" or \"imatinib\"."
    },
    "limit": {
      "type": "number",
      "description": "Max results to return (default 15)."
    }
  }
}

What this tool wraps· 1 endpoint

min confidence0.70 0.50

Data resourceChEMBL API
EMBL-EBI · science
name mention0.70

Parent server

guidetopharmacology

https://github.com/pipeworx-io/mcp-guidetopharmacology

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