Minimum information about a bioactive entity (MIABE)

Analysing data on bioactive compounds can provide insight for developing improved molecules, although much of this data currently resides in proprietary databases. However, even when such data is made available in research articles or public databases, key information is often missing, or the data is not in a format suited to data-mining. With the aim of addressing these issues, this article proposes reporting guidelines for bioactive entities, which have been developed by representatives from industry, academia and data resource providers.