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Table 2 NE types

From: Annotation and detection of drug effects in text for pharmacovigilance

Entity type

Description

Examples

Pharmacological_substance

Pharmacological substance that may or may not be approved for human use

Genes/gene products used as therapeutic agents

Echistatin

Generic drug names

Didanosine

IUPAC and IUPAC-like chemical names of drugs

5-hydroxy- l -tryptophan

Endogenous substances administered as exogenous drugs

Insulin

Toxins

1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,4-tetrahydropyridine

Excipients

Isopropyl myristate

Generic or chemical names of metabolites

Threohydrobupropion

Drug brand names

DIAMOX

Names of groups of drugs

Fluoroquinolones

Expressions characterising general classes of drugs

Dopamine D1 receptor antagonist

Disorder

Observation about a medical subject’s body or 
mind
 that
 is considered 
to be abnormal 
or caused 
by 
a
 disease, pharmacological substance or DDI

Medical conditions

Pulmonary embolism

Abnormality in physiological function

Hyperlocomotion

Pathological process

Fibrosis

Neoplastic process

Intestinal adenocarcinomas

Damage caused by disease or drugs

Cerebellar damage

Mental
 or
 behavioural 
issue

Drug abuse

Injury 
or
 poisoning

Clinical toxicities

Viruses/bacteria

Micrococcus luteus

Sign or symptom

Nausea

Abnormality in clinical attributes or measurements

Increased urine sodium

Subject

An organism, cell line, bacterium or group thereof, whose characteristics are under discussion. The organism may be human or otherwise

General references to groups of subjects

Children

Names of specific species under discussion

Mice

Names of bacteria under discussion

Klebsiella oxytoca

Expressions that specify a number of subjects

16 patients

Descriptions of subject characterstics

50-year old male patient