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Oxyhemoglobins MeSH Descriptor Data 2026


MeSH Heading
Oxyhemoglobins
Tree Number(s)
D12.776.124.400.707
D12.776.422.316.762.687
Unique ID
D010108
RDF Unique Identifier
http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D010108
Annotation
Bohr effect is indexed OXYHEMOGLOBINS /‌metab (IM) + PH (NIM)
Scope Note
A compound formed by the combination of hemoglobin and oxygen. It is a complex in which the oxygen is bound directly to the iron without causing a change from the ferrous to the ferric state.
Entry Term(s)
Oxycobalt Hemoglobin
Oxycobalthemoglobin
Oxyhemoglobin
Registry Numbers
0
Previous Indexing
Hemoglobins (1966-1972)
Public MeSH Note
79; was OXYHEMOGLOBIN 1977-78, was OXYHEMOGLOBIN see under HEMOGLOBINS 1975-76
Online Note
use OXYHEMOGLOBINS to search OXYHEMOGLOBIN 1973-78 (as Prov 1973-74)
History Note
79; was OXYHEMOGLOBIN 1977-78, was OXYHEMOGLOBIN see under HEMOGLOBINS 1975-76, was OXYHEMOGLOBIN 1973-74 (Prov)
Date Introduced
1977/01/01
Last Updated
2008/07/08
Oxyhemoglobins Preferred
Oxycobalthemoglobin Narrower
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