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1-Naphthylisothiocyanate MeSH Descriptor Data 2026


MeSH Heading
1-Naphthylisothiocyanate
Tree Number(s)
D02.455.426.559.847.638.870
D02.500.375.625
D02.886.250.625
D04.615.638.870
Unique ID
D015058
RDF Unique Identifier
http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D015058
Scope Note
A tool for the study of liver damage which causes bile stasis and hyperbilirubinemia acutely and bile duct hyperplasia and biliary cirrhosis chronically, with changes in hepatocyte function. It may cause skin and kidney damage.
Entry Term(s)
alpha-Naphthylisothiocyanate
Registry Numbers
551-06-4
CAS Type 1 Name
Naphthalene, 1-isothiocyanato-
Previous Indexing
Naphthalenes (1972-1975)
Thiocyanates (1972-1975)
Public MeSH Note
91; was see under THIOCYANATES 1977-90; was ALPHA-NAPHTHYLISOTHIOCYANATE (see under THIOCYANATES 1976); ANIT was see 1-NAPHTHYLISOTHIOCYANATE 1976-93
Online Note
use 1-NAPHTHYLISOTHIOCYANATE to search ALPHA-NAPHTHYLISOTHIOCYANATE 1976 & ANIT 1976-93
History Note
91(77); was see under THIOCYANATES 1977-90; was ALPHA-NAPHTHYLISOTHIOCYANATE (see under THIOCYANATES 1976); ANIT was see 1-NAPHTHYLISOTHIOCYANATE 1976-93
Date Introduced
1991/01/01
Last Updated
2013/07/09
1-Naphthylisothiocyanate Preferred
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