Table 1 UMLS Semantic Types for filtering SemanticVExtractor output

From: VenomKB, a new knowledge base for facilitating the validation of putative venom therapies

UMLS Semantic Type

4-letter abbreviation

Amino Acid, Peptide, or Protein

aapp

Amino Acid Sequence

amas

Biologically Active Substance

bacs

Body Substance

bdsu

Chemical

chem

Chemical Viewed Functionally

chvf

Chemical Viewed Structurally

chvs

Clinical Drug

clnd

Eicosanoid

eico

Enzyme

enzy

Hazardous or Poisonous Substance

hops

Hormone

horm

Immunologic Factor

imft

Nucleic Acid, Nucleoside, or Nucleotide

nnon

Neuroreactive Substance or Biogenic Amine

nsba

Organophosphorus Compound

opco

Pharmacologic Substance

phsu

Substance

sbst

  1. All predications returned by SMDB_Search within the SemanticVExtractor algorithm were filtered by the predication’s subject semantic type. In order for a data record to be retained, its subject (named ‘compound’ in the final knowledge base table) semantic type must be one of the UMLS semantic types listed in this table. These particular semantic types were selected because a venom compound may be grouped into any one of them.
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