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MeSH Heading: Enterohepatic Circulation
Tree Number(s): G03.312
Unique ID: D004764
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D004764
Annotation: a metab concept, not a hemodynamic circ concept; bile-to-intestines-to-portal circ-to-liver-to-bile
Scope Note: Recycling through liver by excretion in bile, reabsorption from intestines (INTESTINAL REABSORPTION) into portal circulation, passage back into liver, and re-excretion in bile.
Entry Version: ENTEROHEPATIC CIRC
Entry Term(s): Circulation, Enterohepatic; Entero-Hepatic Circulation
Previous Indexing: Bile (1966-1974); Bile Acids and Salts (1966-1974); Intestinal Absorption (1966-1974); Intestines (1966-1974); Intestine, Small (1966-1974); Liver (1966-1974); Liver Circulation (1966-1974)
Public MeSH Note: 75
History Note: 75
Date Established: 1975/09/01
Date of Entry: 1974/11/11
Revision Date: 2019/05/24

Allowable Qualifiers: drug effects (DE)

ethics (ES)

genetics (GE)

immunology (IM)

physiology (PH)

radiation effects (RE)

Enterohepatic Circulation MeSH Descriptor Data 2025