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MeSH Heading: Cellulose
Tree Number(s): D05.750.078.562.180; D09.698.365.180; D25.720.099.500; J01.637.051.720.099.500
Unique ID: D002482
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D002482
Scope Note: A polysaccharide with glucose units linked as in CELLOBIOSE. It is the chief constituent of plant fibers, cotton being the purest natural form of the substance. As a raw material, it forms the basis for many derivatives used in chromatography, ion exchange materials, explosives manufacturing, and pharmaceutical preparations.
Entry Term(s): Alphacel; Avicel; Heweten; Polyanhydroglucuronic Acid; Rayophane; Sulfite Cellulose; alpha-Cellulose
CAS Type 1 Name: Cellulose
See Also: Cellophane; Paper
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2006/07/05

Allowable Qualifiers: administration & dosage (AD)

adverse effects (AE)

agonists (AG)

analogs & derivatives (AA)

analysis (AN)

antagonists & inhibitors (AI)

biosynthesis (BI)

blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemical synthesis (CS)

chemistry (CH)

classification (CL)

economics (EC)

genetics (GE)

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)

ultrastructure (UL)

urine (UR)

Cellulose MeSH Descriptor Data 2025