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MeSH Heading: Furocoumarins
Tree Number(s): D03.383.663.283.446.794; D03.633.100.150.446.794; D03.633.300.770
Unique ID: D011564
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D011564
Annotation: do not confuse entry term PSORALENS with the specific drug PSORALEN see FICUSIN; do not index here for psoralens in PUVA THERAPY unless particularly discussed
Scope Note: Polycyclic compounds consisting of a furan ring fused with coumarin. They commonly occur in PLANTS, especially UMBELLIFERAE and RUTACEAE, as well as PSORALEA.
Entry Term(s): Angelicins; Furanocoumarin; Furanocoumarins; Furocoumarin; Psoralens
Pharm Action: Dermatologic Agents
Photosensitizing Agents
NLM Classification #: QV 60
Previous Indexing: Coumarins (1966-1978); Furans (1966-1978)
Public MeSH Note: 2015 see PSORALENS 1979-2014
History Note: 2015 (1979)
Date Established: 1979/01/01
Date of Entry: 1978/03/13
Revision Date: 2020/05/27

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)

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)

Concept UI: M0017972
Scope Note: Polycyclic compounds consisting of a furan ring fused with coumarin. They commonly occur in PLANTS, especially UMBELLIFERAE and RUTACEAE, as well as PSORALEA.
Terms: Furocoumarins Preferred Term
Term UI T034137
Date03/13/1978
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID UNK (19XX); Furocoumarin
Term UI T000997392
Date11/19/2019
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2021); Furanocoumarin
Term UI T000997394
Date11/19/2019
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2021); Furanocoumarins
Term UI T470802
Date11/21/2001
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2003)

Furocoumarins MeSH Descriptor Data 2025