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Descriptor English: Cellulose
Descriptor Spanish: Celulosa
Descriptor celulosa
Scope note: Polisacárido formado por unidades de glucosa enlazadas como en la CELOBIOSA. Es el constituyente principal de las fibras vegetales, y el algodón la forma natural más pura de esta sustancia. Como materia prima, constituye la base de muchos derivados que se emplean en cromatografía, materiales de intercambio iónico, fabricación de explosivos y preparados farmacéuticos.
Descriptor Portuguese: Celulose
Descriptor French: Cellulose
Tree number(s): D05.750.078.562.180
D09.698.365.180
D25.720.099.500
J01.637.051.720.099.500
SP4.606.635.419.124.396
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D002482
Scope note: A polysaccharide with glucose units linked as in CELLOBIOSE. It is the chief constituent of plant fibers, cotton being the purest natural form of the substance. As a raw material, it forms the basis for many derivatives used in chromatography, ion exchange materials, explosives manufacturing, and pharmaceutical preparations.
Allowable Qualifiers: AA analogues et dérivés
AD administration et posologie
AE effets indésirables
AG agonistes
AI antagonistes et inhibiteurs
AN analyse
BI biosynthèse
BL sang
CF liquide cérébrospinal
CH composition chimique
CL classification
CS synthèse chimique
EC économie
GE génétique
HI histoire
IM immunologie
IP isolement et purification
ME métabolisme
PD pharmacologie
PK pharmacocinétique
PO intoxication
RE effets des radiations
SD ressources et distribution
ST normes
TO toxicité
TU usage thérapeutique
UL ultrastructure
UR urine
Registry Number: 9004-34-6
CAS Type 1 Name: Cellulose
Related: Cellophane MeSH
Papier MeSH
DeCS ID: 2516
Unique ID: D002482
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Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2006/07/05
Cellulose - Preferred
Concept UI M0003790
Preferred term Cellulose



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