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Descriptor English: Chitin
Descriptor Spanish: Quitina
Descriptor quitina
Scope note: Polisacárido lineal de unidades beta-1,4 unidas de ACETILGLUCOSAMINA. Es el segundo biopolímero más abundante en el planeta, encontrándose sobre todo en INSECTOS y HONGOS. Al desacetilarse se la denomina QUITOSANO.
Descriptor Portuguese: Quitina
Descriptor French: Chitine
Tree number(s): D05.750.078.139
D09.698.211
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D002686
Scope note: A linear polysaccharide of beta-1->4 linked units of ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE. It is the second most abundant biopolymer on earth, found especially in INSECTS and FUNGI. When deacetylated it is called CHITOSAN.
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
DF déficit
EC économie
GE génétique
HI histoire
IM immunologie
IP isolement et purification
ME métabolisme
PD pharmacologie
PH physiologie
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: 1398-61-4
CAS Type 1 Name: Chitin
DeCS ID: 2732
Unique ID: D002686
NLM Classification: QU 83
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1972/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2004/07/07
Chitine - Preferred
Concept UI M0004099
Preferred term Chitine



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