enviPathR: the R Client for the enviPath RESTful API

This package provides a client to the enviPath biotransformation database and pathway prediction system. It accesses enviPath resources through its legacy API. A new, faster API is currently under development.

Note: MacOS users with older R releases may run into BiocParallel errors when using epLink and epGet. If that happens, set the argument BPPARAM = BiocParallel::SerialParam() to turn off parell queries.

Installation

CRAN release version:

install.packages("enviPathR")

Beta version:

remotes::install_github("enviPath/enviPathR")

Terms of use

While enviPathR itself is openly available under an Artistic 2.0 license, the enviPath database and pathway prediction system are provided with their own terms of use that users should be familiar with.

References

If you use enviPath in your research please cite:

• Hafner, J., Lorsbach, T., Schmidt, S., Brydon, L., Dost, K., Zhang, K., Fenner, K., & Wicker, J (2024). Advancements in Biotransformation Pathway Prediction: Enhancements, Datasets, and Novel Functionalities in enviPath. Journal of Cheminformatics, 16, 93, https://doi.org/10.1186/s13321-024-00881-6

• Wicker, J., Lorsbach, T., Gütlein, M., Schmid, E., Latino, D., Kramer, S., & Fenner, K. (2016). enviPath - The environmental contaminant biotransformation pathway resource. Nucleic Acids Research, 44(D1), D502–D508. https://doi.org/10.1093/nar/gkv1229