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MeSH Heading: Fatty Acids, Volatile
Tree Number(s): D10.251.400
Unique ID: D005232
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D005232
Annotation: general or unspecified; prefer specific groups or specific acid
Scope Note: Short-chain fatty acids of up to six carbon atoms in length. They are the major end products of microbial fermentation in the ruminant digestive tract and have also been implicated in the causation of neurological diseases in humans.
Entry Term(s): Fatty Acids, Short-Chain; Short-Chain Fatty Acid; Volatile Fatty Acid
NLM Classification #: QU 90
Previous Indexing: Fatty Acids (1966-1972)
Public MeSH Note: 73
History Note: 73
Date Established: 1973/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2020/05/27

Allowable Qualifiers: administration & dosage (AD)

adverse effects (AE)

agonists (AG)

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)

physiology (PH)

poisoning (PO)

radiation effects (RE)

standards (ST)

supply & distribution (SD)

therapeutic use (TU)

toxicity (TO)

urine (UR)

Concept UI: M0008273
Scope Note: Short-chain fatty acids of up to six carbon atoms in length. They are the major end products of microbial fermentation in the ruminant digestive tract and have also been implicated in the causation of neurological diseases in humans.
Terms: Fatty Acids, Volatile Preferred Term
Term UI T016025
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1973); Fatty Acids, Short-Chain
Term UI T016026
Date12/07/1994
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1996); Short-Chain Fatty Acid
Term UI T000996576
Date11/15/2019
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2021); Volatile Fatty Acid
Term UI T000996577
Date11/15/2019
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2021)

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