DBCAT000178Pharmacologic class

A generic term for fats and lipoids, the alcohol-ether-soluble constituents of protoplasm, which are insoluble in water. They comprise the fats, fatty oils, essential oils, waxes, phospholipids, glycolipids, sulfolipids, aminolipids, chromolipids (lipochromes), and fatty acids. A DrugBank category of 470 drugs. 145 of them are approved.

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

470DrugsEach linked to its full drug card
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503Drug targetsEvery drug–target pair in the class, with bond type
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27,040Marketed productsAcross the regions we cover, with dosage forms and routes
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46Routes of administrationHow the drugs in this class are given
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