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MeSH Heading: Perylene
Tree Number(s): D02.455.426.559.847.117.800; D02.455.426.559.847.680.750; D04.615.125.800; D04.615.680.750
Unique ID: D010569
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D010569
Scope Note: A 20-carbon dibenz(de,kl)anthracene that can be viewed as a naphthalene fused to a phenalene or as dinaphthalene. It is used as fluorescent lipid probe in the cytochemistry of membranes and is a polycyclic hydrocarbon pollutant in soil and water. Derivatives may be carcinogenic.
Entry Term(s): Peri-Dinaphthalene; Perilene
Registry Numbers: 5QD5427UN7
Related Numbers: 198-55-0
CAS Type 1 Name: Perylene
Previous Indexing: Benzanthracenes (1966-1978); Polycyclic Hydrocarbons (1974-1978)
Public MeSH Note: 91; was see under BENZANTHRACENES 1979-90
History Note: 91(79); was see under BENZANTHRACENES 1979-90
Date Established: 1991/01/01
Date of Entry: 1978/05/03
Revision Date: 2023/07/25

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)

Concept UI: M0016426
Registry Numbers: 5QD5427UN7
Related Numbers: 198-55-0
Scope Note: A 20-carbon dibenz(de,kl)anthracene that can be viewed as a naphthalene fused to a phenalene or as dinaphthalene. It is used as fluorescent lipid probe in the cytochemistry of membranes and is a polycyclic hydrocarbon pollutant in soil and water. Derivatives may be carcinogenic.
Terms: Perylene Preferred Term
Term UI T031209
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID; Perilene
Term UI T031210
Date05/03/1978
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID; Peri-Dinaphthalene
Term UI T567097
Date01/05/2004
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID

Perylene MeSH Descriptor Data 2025