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MeSH Heading: Nitro Compounds
Tree Number(s): D02.640
Unique ID: D009574
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D009574
Annotation: do not confuse entry term NITRATED COMPOUNDS with NITRATES
Scope Note: Compounds having the nitro group, -NO2, attached to carbon. When attached to nitrogen they are nitramines and attached to oxygen they are NITRATES.
Entry Version: NITRO CPDS
Entry Term(s): Nitrated Compounds
Registry Numbers: 0
Previous Indexing: specific compound containing nitro group (1971-1974)
Public MeSH Note: 74
History Note: 74(71)
Date Established: 1974/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2006/07/05

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)

Nitro Compounds MeSH Descriptor Data 2025