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MeSH Heading: Homogentisic Acid
Tree Number(s): D02.241.223.601.421
Unique ID: D006713
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D006713
Scope Note: Dihydroxyphenylacetic acid with hydroxyls at the 2 and 5 positions of the phenyl ring.
Related Numbers: 451-13-8
CAS Type 1 Name: Benzeneacetic acid, 2,5-dihydroxy-
Previous Indexing: Phenylacetates (1966-1970)
Public MeSH Note: 73
History Note: 73(71)
Date Established: 1973/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2015/11/23

Allowable Qualifiers: administration & dosage (AD)

adverse effects (AE)

agonists (AG)

analogs & derivatives (AA)

analysis (AN)

antagonists & inhibitors (AI)

blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemical synthesis (CS)

chemistry (CH)

classification (CL)

economics (EC)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

isolation & purification (IP)

metabolism (ME)

pharmacokinetics (PK)

pharmacology (PD)

poisoning (PO)

radiation effects (RE)

standards (ST)

supply & distribution (SD)

therapeutic use (TU)

toxicity (TO)

urine (UR)

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