NAPRALERT: computer handling of natural product research data.

Research in natural products, not unlike many other fields of investigation, requires access to large amounts of prior experimental data relevant to specific projects. The most efficient method of identifying and analyzing these data currently employs computer handling of the information. The NAPRALERT database has been designed to meet this need relevant to the development of natural products. It has also been designed, through analysis of existing literature and its contained data, to provide a means to predictively identify taxonomic sources most promising from specific biological activities.