Unique Ingredient Identifier
ID unii
DatatypeNot PIIidentifier
The Unique Ingredient Identifier (UNII) is an alphanumeric identifier linked to a substance molecular structure or descriptive information and is generated by the Global Substance Registration System (GSRS) of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). It classifies substances as chemical, protein, nucleic acid, polymer, structurally diverse, or mixture according to the standards outlined by the International Organization for Standardization in ISO 11238 and ISO DTS 19844.
- Categories
- Medical/pharma identifiers
- Countries
- United States
- Languages
- English
- Bioregistry
unii- Wikidata
- P652
- Quality
- 80/100 · missing: negative example, translation, detector coverage
- Metacrafter rules
- no detection rule yet
- Supported by tools
- no tool record lists this type yet
Regular expression
^[A-Z0-9]+$Python re syntax.
Examples
| Value | Description |
|---|---|
| 97C5T2UQ7J | cholesterol |
| 3XMK78S47O | testosterone |
Sources
- wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unique_Ingredient_Identifier
- wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P652
Use this record
- Page URL:
http://registry.apicrafter.io/datatype/unii - JSON: API v1 · legacy shape (used by metacrafter) · Markdown (for LLMs)
- Improve it: edit
data/datatypes/US/medical/unii.yamlon GitHub