ChemIDplus Locators
ChemIDplus links to databases used to identify the chemical substances cited in NLM databases. It includes links to federal agencies or scientific sites and sites about chemical regulations or laws, including U. S. states. A locator's name can be used to search ChemIDplus Advanced.
- Alphabetical list of all locators used in ChemIDplus
- Internet Locators - Federal, state or scientific sites providing chemical information
- National Library of Medicine Locators - Resources from the National Library of Medicine
- Superlist Locators - Regulatory sites
ChemIDplus uses abbreviations after a substance name. The table below shows the meaning of those abbreviations.
| Locator Name | Description |
|---|---|
| ANSI | American National Standards Institute |
| BAN | A British Approved Name (BAN) is the official non-proprietary or generic name given to a pharmaceutical substance by the British Pharmacopoeia Commission. |
| BSI | British Standards Institution |
| DCF (page in French) | Dénomination Commune Française |
| INN | International Nonproprietary Names (INN) facilitate the identification of pharmaceutical substances or active pharmaceutical ingredients. Each INN is a unique name that is globally recognized and is public property. The INN program is under the auspices of the World Health Organization (WHO). |
| ISO | The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) is a network of the national standards institutes of 160 countries, one member per country, with a Central Secretariat in Geneva, Switzerland, that coordinates the system. |
| JAN | Japanese Approved Name |
| NF | United States Pharmacopeia–National Formulary (USP–NF) is a book of public pharmacopeial standards. It contains standards for medicines, dosage forms, drug substances, excipients, medical devices, and dietary supplements |
| USAN | United States Adopted Names - unique nonproprietary names assigned to pharmaceuticals marketed in the United States |
| USP | United States Pharmacopeial Convention is a non–governmental, official public standards–setting authority for prescription and over–the–counter medicines and other healthcare products manufactured or sold in the United States. |