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Descriptor English: Ketones
Descriptor Spanish: Cetonas
Descriptor cetonas
Entry term(s) cetona
Scope note: Compuestos orgánicos que contienen un grupo carbonilo =C=O unido a dos grupos hidrocarburo.
Descriptor Portuguese: Cetonas
Descriptor French: Cétones
Entry term(s): Ketone
Tree number(s): D02.522
SP4.606.635.419.124.429
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D007659
Scope note: Organic compounds containing a carbonyl group =C=O bonded to two hydrocarbon groups.
Annotation: KETO ACIDS & KETOSES are also available; ketogenesis is probably KETONE BODIES /biosyn
Allowable Qualifiers: AD administration & dosage
AE adverse effects
AG agonists
AI antagonists & inhibitors
AN analysis
BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CH chemistry
CL classification
CS chemical synthesis
EC economics
HI history
IM immunology
IP isolation & purification
ME metabolism
PD pharmacology
PK pharmacokinetics
PO poisoning
RE radiation effects
SD supply & distribution
ST standards
TO toxicity
TU therapeutic use
UR urine
DeCS ID: 7824
Unique ID: D007659
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2020/05/27
Ketones - Preferred
Concept UI M0011995
Scope note Organic compounds containing a carbonyl group =C=O bonded to two hydrocarbon groups.
Preferred term Ketones
Entry term(s) Ketone



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