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Macromolecular dictionary (mmCIF) version 2.0.09

_chemical.compound_source

Name:
'_chemical.compound_source'

Definition:

   Description of the source of the compound under study, or of the
   parent  molecule if a simple derivative is studied. This includes
   the place of discovery for minerals or the actual source of a
   natural product.

Examples:

'From Norilsk (USSR)'
'Extracted from the bark of Cinchona Naturalis'

Type: text

Mandatory item: no

Alias:
_chemical_compound_source (cif_core.dic version 2.0.1)

Category: chemical


International Tables for Crystallography

Volume G: Definition and exchange of crystallographic data

First online edition (2006)

Edited by S. R. Hall and B. McMahon

An essential guide and reference to CIF for programmers, data managers handling crystal-structure information and practising crystallographers.