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MeSH Heading: Hypolipidemic Agents
Tree Number(s): D27.505.519.186.071; D27.505.954.557.500
Unique ID: D000960
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000960
Scope Note: Substances that lower the levels of certain LIPIDS in the BLOOD. They are used to treat HYPERLIPIDEMIAS.
Entry Term(s): Antihyperlipemics; Antihyperlipidemic; Antihyperlipidemics; Antilipemic; Antilipemic Agents; Antilipemic Drug; Antilipemic Drugs; Antilipemics; Hypolipidemic Agent; Hypolipidemic Drug; Hypolipidemic Drugs
Registry Numbers: 0
NLM Classification #: QU 87
Public MeSH Note: 2010
History Note: 2010(1966)
Date Established: 1972/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2020/05/27

Allowable Qualifiers: administration & dosage (AD)

adverse effects (AE)

analysis (AN)

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)

Chemical Actions and Uses [D27]
- Pharmacologic Actions [D27.505]
  - Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action [D27.505.519]
    - Antimetabolites [D27.505.519.186]
      - Hypolipidemic Agents [D27.505.519.186.071]
        
        Anticholesteremic Agents [D27.505.519.186.071.202]
        
        Fatty Acid Synthesis Inhibitors [D27.505.519.186.071.401]
        
        Lipotropic Agents [D27.505.519.186.071.601]
      - Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic [D27.505.519.186.144]

Chemical Actions and Uses [D27]
- Pharmacologic Actions [D27.505]
  - Therapeutic Uses [D27.505.954]
    - Lipid Regulating Agents [D27.505.954.557]
      - Hypolipidemic Agents [D27.505.954.557.500]
        
        Anticholesteremic Agents [D27.505.954.557.500.202]
        
        Lipotropic Agents [D27.505.954.557.500.601]

Hypolipidemic Agents Preferred

Concept UI: M0001459
Registry Numbers: 0
Scope Note: Substances that lower the levels of certain LIPIDS in the BLOOD. They are used to treat HYPERLIPIDEMIAS.
Terms: Hypolipidemic Agents Preferred Term
Term UI T002942
Date01/05/1989
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1990); Antihyperlipidemic
Term UI T001009141
Date03/04/2020
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2021); Antilipemic Drug
Term UI T001009142
Date03/04/2020
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2021); Antihyperlipemics
Term UI T002940
Date05/12/1989
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID IOM (1990); Antihyperlipidemics
Term UI T002941
Date05/12/1989
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID IOM (1990); Antilipemic Agents
Term UI T002937
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1966); Antilipemic Drugs
Term UI T002939
Date11/14/1994
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1996); Antilipemics
Term UI T002938
Date02/17/1995
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1996); Hypolipidemic Drugs
Term UI T758309
Date09/23/2009
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2011); Antilipemic
Term UI T001009143
Date03/04/2020
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2021); Hypolipidemic Agent
Term UI T001009140
Date03/04/2020
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2021); Hypolipidemic Drug
Term UI T001009144
Date03/04/2020
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2021)

Hypolipidemic Agents MeSH Descriptor Data 2025