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MeSH Heading: Glycosaminoglycans
Tree Number(s): D09.698.373
Unique ID: D006025
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D006025
Annotation: polysaccharides; note X ref
Scope Note: Heteropolysaccharides which contain an N-acetylated hexosamine in a characteristic repeating disaccharide unit. The repeating structure of each disaccharide involves alternate 1,4- and 1,3-linkages consisting of either N-acetylglucosamine (see ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE) or N-acetylgalactosamine (see ACETYLGALACTOSAMINE).
Entry Term(s): Glycosaminoglycan; Mucopolysaccharides
Previous Indexing: Mucopolysaccharides (1966-1974)
Public MeSH Note: 77; was see under MUCOPOLYSACCHARIDES 1969-76; MUCOPOLYSACCHARIDES was heading 1963-92
Online Note: use GLYCOSAMINOGLYCANS to search MUCOPOLYSACCHARIDES 1966-92
History Note: 77(75); was see under MUCOPOLYSACCHARIDES 1969-76; MUCOPOLYSACCHARIDES was heading 1963-92
Date Established: 1977/01/01
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)

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)

ultrastructure (UL)

urine (UR)

Glycosaminoglycans MeSH Descriptor Data 2025