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MeSH Heading: Anti-Obesity Agents
Tree Number(s): D27.505.954.203
Unique ID: D019440
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D019440
Scope Note: Agents that increase energy expenditure and weight loss by neural and metabolic regulation.
Entry Term(s): Anti-Obesity Agent; Anti-Obesity Drug; Anti-Obesity Drugs; Antiobesity Agent; Antiobesity Agents; Antiobesity Drug; Antiobesity Drugs; Weight-Loss Agents; Weight-Loss Drug; Weight-Loss Drugs
Previous Indexing: Appetite Depressants (1982-1996); Obesity (1992-1996); Obesity/drug therapy (1992-1996)
Public MeSH Note: 97
History Note: 97
Date Established: 1997/01/01
Date of Entry: 1996/06/13
Revision Date: 2021/06/30

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: M0028922
Scope Note: Agents that increase energy expenditure and weight loss by neural and metabolic regulation.
Terms: Anti-Obesity Agents Preferred Term
Term UI T057960
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1997); Antiobesity Agents
Term UI T057961
Date03/05/1996
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1997); Anti-Obesity Drugs
Term UI T057962
Date03/05/1996
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1997); Antiobesity Drug
Term UI T001085455
Date07/27/2020
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2022); Antiobesity Agent
Term UI T001085456
Date07/27/2020
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2022); Antiobesity Drugs
Term UI T057963
Date03/05/1996
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1997); Anti-Obesity Drug
Term UI T001085457
Date07/27/2020
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2022); Anti-Obesity Agent
Term UI T001085458
Date07/27/2020
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2022)

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