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MeSH Heading: Cholagogues and Choleretics
Tree Number(s): D27.505.954.483.508
Unique ID: D002756
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D002756
Scope Note: Gastrointestinal agents that stimulate the flow of bile into the duodenum (cholagogues) or stimulate the production of bile by the liver (choleretic).
Entry Version: CHOLAGOGUES CHOLERETICS
Entry Term(s): Cholagogues; Cholagogues, Choleretics; Choleretics; Choleretics and Cholagogues; Hydrocholeretics
NLM Classification #: QV 66
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2005/06/30

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)

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