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MeSH Heading: Acarbose
Tree Number(s): D09.698.629.802.100
Unique ID: D020909
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D020909
Scope Note: An inhibitor of ALPHA-GLUCOSIDASES that retards the digestion and absorption of DIETARY CARBOHYDRATES in the SMALL INTESTINE.
Entry Term(s): Bay g 5421; Glucobay; Glucor; Glumida; Prandase; Precose
Pharm Action: Glycoside Hydrolase Inhibitors
Related Numbers: 56180-94-0
CAS Type 1 Name: D-glucose, O-4,6-dideoxy-4-(((1S-(1 alpha,4 alpha,5 beta,6 alpha))-4,5,6-trihydroxy-3-(hydroxymethyl)-2-cyclohexen-1-yl)amino)-alpha-D-glucopyranosyl-(1-4)-O-alpha-D-glucopyr anosyl-(1-4)-
NLM Classification #: WK 825
Previous Indexing: Cyclohexanols (1979-1981); Polysaccharides, Bacterial (1978-1979); Trisaccharides (1980-1999)
Public MeSH Note: 2000; ACARBOSE was indexed under TRISACCHARIDES 1980-1999, CYCLOHEXANOLS 1979-1981, & POLYSACCHARIDES 1978-1979
History Note: 2000; use ACARBOSE (NM) 1979-1999
Date Established: 2000/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/11/03
Revision Date: 2017/01/17

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Acarbose MeSH Descriptor Data 2025