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MeSH Heading: Succinic Acid
Tree Number(s): D02.241.081.337.759.625
Unique ID: D019802
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D019802
Scope Note: A water-soluble, colorless crystal with an acid taste that is used as a chemical intermediate, in medicine, the manufacture of lacquers, and to make perfume esters. It is also used in foods as a sequestrant, buffer, and a neutralizing agent. (Hawley's Condensed Chemical Dictionary, 12th ed, p1099; McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 4th ed, p1851)
Entry Term(s): 1,2-Ethanedicarboxylic Acid; 1,4-Butanedioic Acid; Ammonium Succinate; Butanedioic Acid; Potassium Succinate; Succinate
Registry Number: AB6MNQ6J6L
Related Numbers: 110-15-6; DTZ9PEC9JL
Previous Indexing: Succinates (1981-1997)
Public MeSH Note: 98; SUCCINIC ACID was indexed under SUCCINATES 1981-97
History Note: 98; use SUCCINIC ACID (NM) 1981-97
Entry Combination: analogs & derivatives:Succinates
Date Established: 1998/01/01
Date of Entry: 1997/06/20
Revision Date: 2018/06/29

Entry Combination: analogs & derivatives:Succinates
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Concept UI: M0029380
Registry Number: AB6MNQ6J6L
Related Numbers: 110-15-6; DTZ9PEC9JL
Scope Note: A water-soluble, colorless crystal with an acid taste that is used as a chemical intermediate, in medicine, the manufacture of lacquers, and to make perfume esters. It is also used in foods as a sequestrant, buffer, and a neutralizing agent. (Hawley's Condensed Chemical Dictionary, 12th ed, p1099; McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 4th ed, p1851)
Terms: Succinic Acid Preferred Term
Term UI T058897
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID; 1,4-Butanedioic Acid
Term UI T816558
Date01/25/2012
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2013); Butanedioic Acid
Term UI T058898
Date12/26/1996
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID; 1,2-Ethanedicarboxylic Acid
Term UI T816557
Date01/25/2012
LexicalTag NON
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