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MeSH Heading: Heme
Tree Number(s): D03.383.129.578.840.500.640.587; D03.633.400.909.500.640.587; D04.345.783.500.640.587; D23.767.727.640.587
Unique ID: D006418
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D006418
Scope Note: The color-furnishing portion of hemoglobin. It is found free in tissues and as the prosthetic group in many hemeproteins.
Entry Term(s): Ferroprotoporphyrin; Haem; Heme b; Protoheme; Protoheme IX
Related Numbers: 14875-96-8
CAS Type 1 Name: Ferrate(2-), (7,12-diethenyl-3,8,13,17-tetramethyl-21H,23H-porphine-2,18-dipropanoato(4-)-N21,N22,N23,N24)-, dihydrogen, (SP-4-2)-
NLM Classification #: WH 190
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2016/05/31

Allowable Qualifiers: administration & dosage (AD)

adverse effects (AE)

agonists (AG)

analogs & derivatives (AA)

analysis (AN)

antagonists & inhibitors (AI)

biosynthesis (BI)

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: M0010066
Related Numbers: 14875-96-8
Scope Note: The color-furnishing portion of hemoglobin. It is found free in tissues and as the prosthetic group in many hemeproteins.
Terms: Heme Preferred Term
Term UI T019384
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID; Ferroprotoporphyrin
Term UI T019383
Date04/16/1976
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID; Heme b
Term UI T019385
Date09/03/1982
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID; Protoheme
Term UI T019386
Date04/16/1976
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID; Protoheme IX
Term UI T019387
Date11/12/1996
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID; Haem
Term UI T473344
Date12/12/2001
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2003)

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