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Descriptor English: Vitamin U
Descriptor Spanish: Vitamina U
Descriptor vitamina U
Entry term(s) cloruro de metilmetioninasulfonio
cloruro de metionina metilsulfonio
Scope note: Vitamina presente en las hortalizas verdes. Se emplea en el tratamiento de úlceras pépticas, colitis y gastritis y actúa sobre las funciones secretora, formadora de ácido y enzimática en el tracto intestinal.
Descriptor Portuguese: Vitamina U
Descriptor French: Vitamine U
Entry term(s): Chloride, Methionine Methylsulfonium
Chloride, Methylmethioninesulfonium
Methionine Methylsulfonium Chloride
Methylmethionine
Methylmethionine Sulfonium Chloride
Methylmethioninesulfonium Chloride
Methylsulfonium Chloride, Methionine
S Methylmethionine
S-Methylmethionine
Sulfonium, ((3S)-3-Amino-3-Carboxypropyl)Dimethyl-, Inner Salt
Tree number(s): D02.886.030.676.950
D12.125.166.676.950
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D014814
Scope note: A vitamin found in green vegetables. It is used in the treatment of peptic ulcers, colitis, and gastritis and has an effect on secretory, acid-forming, and enzymatic functions of the intestinal tract.
Annotation: /ther use: coordinate disease with /drug ther, not /diet ther
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
DE drug effects
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: Anti-Ulcer Agents
Gastrointestinal Agents
Vitamins
Registry Number: 3485Y39925
CAS Type 1 Name: Sulfonium, (3-amino-3-carboxypropyl)dimethyl-, chloride, (S)-
Previous Indexing: Methionine (1973-1976)
Vitamins (1973-1976)
Public MeSH Note: 91; was see under VITAMINS 1977-90
History Note: 91(77); was see under VITAMINS 1977-90
DeCS ID: 15216
Unique ID: D014814
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1991/01/01
Date of Entry: 1976/04/13
Revision Date: 2013/07/08
Vitamin U - Preferred
Concept UI M0022809
Scope note A vitamin found in green vegetables. It is used in the treatment of peptic ulcers, colitis, and gastritis and has an effect on secretory, acid-forming, and enzymatic functions of the intestinal tract.
Preferred term Vitamin U
Entry term(s) Methylmethionine
S Methylmethionine
S-Methylmethionine
Sulfonium, ((3S)-3-Amino-3-Carboxypropyl)Dimethyl-, Inner Salt
Methylmethionine Sulfonium Chloride - Narrower
Concept UI M0581721
Preferred term Methylmethionine Sulfonium Chloride
Entry term(s) Chloride, Methionine Methylsulfonium
Chloride, Methylmethioninesulfonium
Methionine Methylsulfonium Chloride
Methylmethioninesulfonium Chloride
Methylsulfonium Chloride, Methionine



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