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MeSH Heading: Starch
Tree Number(s): D05.750.078.562.855; D09.301.915; D09.698.365.855
Unique ID: D013213
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D013213
Scope Note: Any of a group of polysaccharides of the general formula (C6-H10-O5)n, composed of a long-chain polymer of glucose in the form of amylose and amylopectin. It is the chief storage form of energy reserve (carbohydrates) in plants.
Entry Term(s): Amylomaize Starch; Amylum; Cornstarch; Keoflo
Registry Number: 9005-25-8
CAS Type 1 Name: Starch
NLM Classification #: QU 83
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2017/04/10

Allowable Qualifiers: administration & dosage (AD)

adverse effects (AE)

agonists (AG)

analogs & derivatives (AA)

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)

ultrastructure (UL)

urine (UR)

Starch MeSH Descriptor Data 2023