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KOMBAT

General information

URL: http://kombat.igib.res.in
Full name: Knowledgebase Of Microbe Battling Agents for Therapeutics
Description: KOMBAT is a comprehensive collection of novel therapeutic strategies for tackling antimicrobial resistance (Bacteria, Virus, Fungus, Parasites).The information provided in the database includes small molecules, antimicrobial peptides, phytochemicals, photodynamic therapy, drug targets, bacteriophages, nanocomposites etc showing potent therapeutic activity against various microorganisms.
Year founded: 2022
Last update:
Version: v1.0
Accessibility:
Accessible
Country/Region: India

Contact information

University/Institution: CSIR-Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology
Address: Informatics and Big Data, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research - Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology (CSIR-IGIB), Room No. 130, Mathura Road, New Delhi 110025, India; Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad 201002, India. Electronic address: ramu@igib.res.in.
City: New Delhi
Province/State:
Country/Region: India
Contact name (PI/Team): Srinivasan Ramachandran
Contact email (PI/Helpdesk): ramu@igib.res.in

Publications

36155273
Knowledgebase of potential multifaceted solutions to antimicrobial resistance. [PMID: 36155273]
Anasuya Bhargav, Srijanee Gupta, Surabhi Seth, Sweety James, Firdaus Fatima, Pratibha Chaurasia, Srinivasan Ramachandran

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR), a top threat to global health, challenges preventive and treatment strategies of infections. AMR strains of microbial pathogens arise through multiple mechanisms. The underlying "antibiotic resistance genes" (ARGs) spread through various species by lateral gene transfer thereby causing global dissemination. Human methods also augment this process through inappropriate use, non-compliance to treatment schedule, and environmental waste. Worldwide significant efforts are being invested to discover novel therapeutic solutions for tackling resistant pathogens. Diverse therapeutic strategies have evolved over recent years. In this work we have developed a comprehensive knowledgebase by collecting alternative antimicrobial therapeutic strategies from literature data. Therapeutic strategies against bacteria, virus, fungus and parasites were extracted from PubMed literature using text mining. We have used a subjective (sentimental) approach for data mining new strategies, resulting in broad coverage of novel entities and subsequently add objective data like entity name (including IUPAC), potency, and safety information. The extracted data was organized in a freely accessible web platform, KOMBAT. The KOMBAT comprises 1104 Chemical compounds, 220 of newly identified antimicrobial peptides, 42 bacteriophages, 242 phytochemicals, 106 nanocomposites, and 94 novel entities for phototherapy. Entities tested and evaluated on AMR pathogens are included. We envision that this database will be useful for developing future therapeutics against AMR pathogens. The database can be accessed through http://kombat.igib.res.in/.

Comput Biol Chem. 2022:101() | 7 Citations (from Europe PMC, 2025-12-13)

Ranking

All databases:
3792/6895 (45.018%)
Health and medicine:
953/1738 (45.224%)
Literature:
331/577 (42.808%)
3792
Total Rank
7
Citations
2.333
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Created on: 2023-08-22
Curated by:
Yuxin Qin [2023-09-11]
Xinyu Zhou [2023-09-04]
Yuanyuan Cheng [2023-08-22]