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MeSH Heading: Pigments, Biological
Tree Number(s): D23.767
Unique ID: D010860
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D010860
Annotation: differentiate from COLORING AGENTS
Scope Note: Any normal or abnormal coloring matter in PLANTS; ANIMALS or micro-organisms.
See Also: Pigmentation
Public MeSH Note: 2006; see PIGMENTS 1963-2005
History Note: 2006(1963)
Date Established: 2006/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2005/07/01

Allowable Qualifiers: administration & dosage (AD)

adverse effects (AE)

agonists (AG)

analysis (AN)

antagonists & inhibitors (AI)

biosynthesis (BI)

blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemical synthesis (CS)

chemistry (CH)

classification (CL)

deficiency (DF)

economics (EC)

genetics (GE)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

isolation & purification (IP)

metabolism (ME)

pharmacokinetics (PK)

pharmacology (PD)

physiology (PH)

poisoning (PO)

radiation effects (RE)

standards (ST)

supply & distribution (SD)

therapeutic use (TU)

toxicity (TO)

urine (UR)

Pigments, Biological MeSH Descriptor Data 2025