Carbohydrates

DBCAT000085Pharmacologic classV06DC

The largest class of organic compounds, including STARCH; GLYCOGEN; CELLULOSE; POLYSACCHARIDES; and simple MONOSACCHARIDES. Carbohydrates are composed of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen in a ratio of Cn(H2O)n. A DrugBank category of 543 drugs. 197 of them are approved.

Also known as
Sugars

What you can answer from here — as of August 24, 2016

543DrugsEach linked to its full drug card
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703Drug targetsEvery drug–target pair in the class, with bond type
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32,315Marketed productsAcross the regions we cover, with dosage forms and routes
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55Routes of administrationHow the drugs in this class are given
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