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MeSH Heading: Galactose
Tree Number(s): D09.947.875.359.377
Unique ID: D005690
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D005690
Annotation: /blood: consider also GALACTOSEMIAS
Scope Note: An aldohexose that occurs naturally in the D-form in lactose, cerebrosides, gangliosides, and mucoproteins. Deficiency of galactosyl-1-phosphate uridyltransferase (GALACTOSE-1-PHOSPHATE URIDYL-TRANSFERASE DEFICIENCY DISEASE) causes an error in galactose metabolism called GALACTOSEMIA, resulting in elevations of galactose in the blood.
Entry Term(s): D-Galactose; Galactopyranose; Galactopyranoside
Related Numbers: 26566-61-0
CAS Type 1 Name: Galactose
NLM Classification #: QU 81
See Also: Galactans; Galactosemias
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2017/04/10

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)

deficiency (DF)

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: M0008938
Related Numbers: 26566-61-0
Scope Note: An aldohexose that occurs naturally in the D-form in lactose, cerebrosides, gangliosides, and mucoproteins. Deficiency of galactosyl-1-phosphate uridyltransferase (GALACTOSE-1-PHOSPHATE URIDYL-TRANSFERASE DEFICIENCY DISEASE) causes an error in galactose metabolism called GALACTOSEMIA, resulting in elevations of galactose in the blood.
Terms: Galactose Preferred Term
Term UI T017205
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID; D-Galactose
Term UI T017202
Date03/02/1982
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID UNK (19XX); Galactopyranose
Term UI T017203
Date06/09/1989
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1990); Galactopyranoside
Term UI T017204
Date02/08/1989
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1989)

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