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Amino Acids MeSH Descriptor Data 2026


MeSH Heading
Amino Acids
Tree Number(s)
D12.125
Unique ID
D000596
RDF Unique Identifier
http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000596
Annotation
/urine permitted but consider also RENAL AMINOACIDURIAS
Scope Note
Organic compounds that generally contain an amino (-NH2) and a carboxyl (-COOH) group. Twenty alpha-amino acids are the subunits which are polymerized to form proteins.
Entry Term(s)
Amino Acid
Registry Numbers
0
NLM Classification #
QU 60
See Also
Receptors, Amino Acid
Public MeSH Note
/metabolism was AMINO ACID METABOLISM 1965; /metabolism was AMINO ACID METABOLISM see under PROTEIN METABOLISM 1963-64
History Note
/metabolism was AMINO ACID METABOLISM 1965; /metabolism was AMINO ACID METABOLISM see under PROTEIN METABOLISM 1963-64
Date Introduced
1960/01/01
Last Updated
2020/05/27
Amino Acids Preferred
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