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Descriptor English: Tricarboxylic Acids
Descriptor Spanish: Ácidos Tricarboxílicos
Descriptor ácidos tricarboxílicos
Entry term(s) ácido tricarboxílico
Scope note: Compuestos orgánicos que son acíclicos y contienen tres grupos ácidos. Un miembro de esta clase es el ácido cítrico, el cual es el primer producto formado por la reacción de piruvato a oxaloacetato. (Lehninger, Principles of Biochemistry, 1982, p443).
Descriptor Portuguese: Ácidos Tricarboxílicos
Descriptor French: Triacides carboxyliques
Entry term(s): Acid, Tricarboxylic
Acids, Tricarboxylic
Tricarboxylic Acid
Tree number(s): D02.241.081.901
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D014233
Scope note: Organic compounds that are acyclic and contain three acid groups. A member of this class is citric acid which is the first product formed by reaction of pyruvate and oxaloacetate. (From Lehninger, Principles of Biochemistry, 1982, p443)
Annotation: /metab is probably TRICARBOXYLIC ACID CYCLE
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
Previous Indexing: Acids (1966-1970)
Public MeSH Note: 72; was ACIDS, TRICARBOXYLIC 1971
Online Note: use TRICARBOXYLIC ACIDS to search ACIDS, TRICARBOXYLIC 1971
History Note: 72; was ACIDS, TRICARBOXYLIC 1971
DeCS ID: 14630
Unique ID: D014233
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Date Established: 1972/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2020/05/27
Tricarboxylic Acids - Preferred
Concept UI M0021913
Scope note Organic compounds that are acyclic and contain three acid groups. A member of this class is citric acid which is the first product formed by reaction of pyruvate and oxaloacetate. (From Lehninger, Principles of Biochemistry, 1982, p443)
Preferred term Tricarboxylic Acids
Entry term(s) Acid, Tricarboxylic
Acids, Tricarboxylic
Tricarboxylic Acid



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