Creation and designing of PENN Database for natural molecules effective against age related disorders

Authors

  • Neelam Jain Department of Biotechnology, BMS College of Engineering
  • Sanjana M Bhat Department of Biotechnology, BMS College of Engineering
  • Teesta V Katte Department of Biotechnology, BMS College of Engineering
  • Avnish Bhattrai Department of Biotechnology, BMS College of Engineering
  • Sahana Rao Department of Biotechnology, BMS College of Engineering
  • Pradeep S Department of Biotechnology, BMS College of Engineering
  • Savithri Bhat Department of Biotechnology, BMS College of Engineering

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14259/bp.v2i1.66

Keywords:

Protein misfolding disorder, Database, Natural molecule, Mysql, php scripting language

Abstract

PENN Database  (Plant Extracted Natural molecules for Neurodegeneration) is online database (www.penndatabase.info) dedicated to various neurodegenerative disorders such as Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s, Huntington’s, Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and Creutzfeldt Jacob’s and several  natural molecules known to prevent and/or cure these age related diseases. To each of the natural molecules link for pubchem and pubmed is provided through respective CIDs and PMIDs. Mysql was used for designing and creation of the database while the language of programming applied for creating the database is php. Further, web page designing and online accessibility of database is accomplished by html and css. The PENN database provides links for details of individual molecules making it a useful and versatile online tool. The information in the database could be exploited for designing of experiments to  study comparative effects of natural molecules on  neurodegenerative diseases.

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Published

2014-01-01

Issue

Vol. 2 No. 1 (2014): January, 2014

Section

Short Communication