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MeSH Heading: Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons
Tree Number(s): D02.455.426.559.847; D04.615
Unique ID: D011084
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D011084
Scope Note: Aromatic hydrocarbons that contain extended fused-ring structures.
Entry Term(s): Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon; Polycyclic Hydrocarbons, Aromatic; Polynuclear Aromatic Hydrocarbon; Polynuclear Aromatic Hydrocarbons
Registry Number: 0
See Also: Fused-Ring Compounds
Public MeSH Note: 2017; see POLYCYLCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC 1995-2016; POLYNUCLEAR AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS was see POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS 1975-95
Online Note: use POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS to search POLYNUCLEAR AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS 1975-95
History Note: 2017(1996)
Date Established: 1996/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2020/05/27

Allowable Qualifiers: administration & dosage (AD)

adverse effects (AE)

agonists (AG)

analysis (AN)

antagonists & inhibitors (AI)

blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemical synthesis (CS)

chemistry (CH)

classification (CL)

economics (EC)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

isolation & purification (IP)

metabolism (ME)

pharmacokinetics (PK)

pharmacology (PD)

poisoning (PO)

radiation effects (RE)

standards (ST)

supply & distribution (SD)

therapeutic use (TU)

toxicity (TO)

urine (UR)

Concept UI: M0017164
Registry Number: 0
Scope Note: Aromatic hydrocarbons that contain extended fused-ring structures.
Terms: Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons Preferred Term
Term UI T032593
Date03/06/1995
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1996); Polynuclear Aromatic Hydrocarbons
Term UI T032595
Date03/06/1995
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1996); Polycyclic Hydrocarbons, Aromatic
Term UI T032594
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1974); Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon
Term UI T000999591
Date11/26/2019
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2021); Polynuclear Aromatic Hydrocarbon
Term UI T000999592
Date11/26/2019
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2021)

Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons MeSH Descriptor Data 2023