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MeSH Heading: Hydrocarbons, Acyclic
Tree Number(s): D02.455.326
Unique ID: D006839
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D006839
Annotation: general or unspecified; prefer specifics; used for mapping supplementary chemicals; do not confuse with HYDROCARBONS, ALICYCLIC
Scope Note: Organic compounds composed exclusively of carbon and hydrogen where no carbon atoms join to form a ring structure.
Entry Term(s): Acyclic Hydrocarbons
Public MeSH Note: 98
History Note: 98; use explode 1967-97
Date Established: 1998/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 1997/06/20

Allowable Qualifiers: administration & dosage (AD)

adverse effects (AE)

agonists (AG)

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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