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Descriptor English: Erythritol
Descriptor Spanish: Eritritol
Descriptor eritritol
Scope note: Azúcar de cuatro carbonos que se encuentra en algas, hongos y líquenes. Es dos veces más dulce que la sacarosa y puede utilizarse como vasodilatador coronario..
Descriptor Portuguese: Eritritol
Descriptor French: Érythritol
Tree number(s): D02.033.800.329
D09.853.329
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D004896
Scope note: A four-carbon sugar that is found in algae, fungi, and lichens. It is twice as sweet as sucrose and can be used as a coronary vasodilator.
Allowable Qualifiers: AA analogs & derivatives
AD administration & dosage
AE adverse effects
AG agonists
AI antagonists & inhibitors
AN analysis
BI biosynthesis
BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CH chemistry
CL classification
CS chemical synthesis
DF deficiency
EC economics
GE genetics
HI history
IM immunology
IP isolation & purification
ME metabolism
PD pharmacology
PH physiology
PK pharmacokinetics
PO poisoning
RE radiation effects
SD supply & distribution
ST standards
TO toxicity
TU therapeutic use
UR urine
Pharm Action: Vasodilator Agents
Registry Number: RA96B954X6
CAS Type 1 Name: 1,2,3,4-Butanetetrol, (R*,S*)-
Public MeSH Note: 73
History Note: 73(65)
DeCS ID: 4983
Unique ID: D004896
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Date Established: 1973/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2013/07/08
Erythritol - Preferred
Concept UI M0007685
Scope note A four-carbon sugar that is found in algae, fungi, and lichens. It is twice as sweet as sucrose and can be used as a coronary vasodilator.
Preferred term Erythritol



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