Name : VCS_get_parent Synopsis : dt_Handle VCS_get_parent ( can_seq ) dt_Handle can_seq Arguments : can_seq Sequence of canonical SMILES string objects. Description : Returns a sequence of canonical SMILES string objects ( usually only one ) which results from applying the function VCS_is_salt() to each unique string, in the input sequence, in turn. If VCS_is_salt returns TRUE i.e. it is a salt or solvate, the object is deleted from the sequence. If there is only one object in the input sequence it is returned without checking. If all components appear to be salts i.e. the number of objects becomes zero, the original sequence, with duplicates removed is returned. Restriction : Error : Related Modules : VCS_is_salt