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Hypoxanthine MeSH Descriptor Data 2026


MeSH Heading
Hypoxanthine
Tree Number(s)
D03.633.100.759.758.399.475
Unique ID
D019271
RDF Unique Identifier
http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D019271
Annotation
do not confuse with HYPOXANTHINES
Scope Note
A purine and a reaction intermediate in the metabolism of adenosine and in the formation of nucleic acids by the salvage pathway.
Registry Numbers
2TN51YD919
Related Numbers
68-94-0
Previous Indexing
Hypoxanthines (1981-1996)
Public MeSH Note
97; HYPOXANTHINE was indexed under HYPOXANTHINES 1981-96
Online Note
use HYPOXANTHINE (NM) to search HYPOXANTHINE 1981-96
History Note
97; was HYPOXANTHINE (NM) 1981-96
Entry Combination
analogs & derivatives:Hypoxanthines
Date Introduced
1997/01/01
Last Updated
2016/05/31
Hypoxanthine Preferred
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