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MeSH Heading: Sesquiterpenes
Tree Number(s): D02.455.849.765
Unique ID: D012717
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D012717
Annotation: general or unspecified; prefer specifics
Scope Note: Fifteen-carbon compounds formed from three isoprenoid units with general formula C15H24.
Entry Term(s): Farnesanes; Farnesene; Farnesenes; Sesquiterpene; Sesquiterpene Derivatives; Sesquiterpenoid; Sesquiterpenoids
Public MeSH Note: 74
History Note: 74
Date Established: 1974/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2020/05/27

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)

Concept UI: M0019703
Scope Note: Fifteen-carbon compounds formed from three isoprenoid units with general formula C15H24.
Terms: Sesquiterpenes Preferred Term
Term UI T037585
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1974); Sesquiterpene
Term UI T000999620
Date11/26/2019
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2021); Sesquiterpenoid
Term UI T000996390
Date11/14/2019
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2021); Sesquiterpene Derivatives
Term UI T000958740
Date05/22/2019
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2020); Sesquiterpenoids
Term UI T000946813
Date09/17/2018
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2020)

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