Biodiversity Informatics

Natural Substances in the Compositae: The Bohlmann Files

Main Objectives

The Bohlmann Files are an almost complete reference to natural substances that have been found in the Compositae. The stated objective of the project was to provide free access to this wealth of information to serve applied sciences (e.g. to identify potential sources for substances) as well as basic research (e.g. by providing additional clues to the taxonomy of groups within the Compositae) and to elucidate end-products of gene expression and biosynthetic pathways.

The Bohlmann project was thus to meet three main objectives:

1. Convert the database into a relational system and transfer all data
2. Revise the chemical and nomenclatural data and fill in remaining gaps from literature
3. Make the database accessible via the WWW, including the search features of the chemical database

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