BIMP stands for Bioactivity of Indian Medicinal Plants. It is a comprehensive database developed by SCFBio, IIT Delhi, that digitizes traditional knowledge of Indian medicinal plants and maps their phytochemicals to modern biological targets and diseases.

Yes! BIMP is completely free for academic and non-profit research purposes. We believe in open science. If you use our data in your publication, we kindly ask you to cite us.

BIMP can be cited as:
Chaurasia, D. K., Anjum, R., Sharma, A., Mishra, M., Shekhar, S., Patel, A. K., Mittal, A., & Jayaram, B. (2026). BIMP: Unveiling the phytochemical richness of Indian medicinal plants as potential therapeutic agents. In A. K. Saxena & A. Saxena (Eds.), Global trends in health, technology and management II (pp. 283–298). Springer Nature Switzerland. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-032-12320-6_16

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Our Virtual Screening tool uses the ParDOCK and SEARCH-ML algorithms. You upload a protein structure (PDB), select a reference ligand site, and our supercomputer screens the BIMP library against your target to find potential inhibitors.

This usually happens if WebGL is disabled in your browser or if the molecule file is corrupted. Try refreshing the page. If you are on a mobile device, some complex proteins might take longer to render.

Not quite! SMILES stands for "Simplified Molecular Input Line Entry System". It's a way to write a 3D chemical structure as a single line of text (like `CC(=O)OC1=CC=CC=C1C(=O)O` for Aspirin). Computers use it to understand chemistry.

This usually happens due to spelling. Try using the Scientific Name (e.g., Ocimum tenuiflorum) instead of common names like "Tulsi". Also, try searching for just part of the name (e.g., "Ocimum") in the Search bar.

In drug discovery, a "Target" is a molecule in the body (usually a protein or gene) that is involved in a disease. Drugs work by attaching to these targets to stop or change their activity.

You can download specific filtered datasets (CSV, SMILES, SDF) from the Search and Dataset Browser pages. We do not provide a single "Download All" button to prevent server overload, but you can scrape the data using our search APIs for research.

This is normal! BIMP contains over 100,000 molecules. Loading all of them into a browser table takes a lot of memory. Please use filters (like Molecular Weight or Plant Name) to narrow down your search results.