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Descriptor English: Acitretin
Descriptor Spanish: Acitretina
Descriptor acitretina
Entry term(s) 13-cis-acitretina
etretina
isoetretina
Scope note: Retinoide oral efectivo en el tratamiento de la psoriasis. Es el metabolitos principal del ETRETINATO con la ventaja de una semivida mucho más corta que la del etretinato.
Descriptor Portuguese: Acitretina
Descriptor French: Acitrétine
Entry term(s): 13-cis-Acitretin
Acitretin, (Z,E,E,E)-Isomer
Etretin
Isoacitretin
Isoetretin
Neotigason
Ro 10-1670
Ro 101670
Ro 13-7652
Ro 137652
Ro-10-1670
Ro-13-7652
Ro101670
Ro137652
Soriatane
Tree number(s): D02.455.326.271.665.202.495.050
D02.455.849.131.495.050
D23.767.261.700.050
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D017255
Scope note: An oral retinoid effective in the treatment of psoriasis. It is the major metabolite of ETRETINATE with the advantage of a much shorter half-life when compared with etretinate.
Allowable Qualifiers: AA analogs & derivatives
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
Pharm Action: Keratolytic Agents
Registry Number: LCH760E9T7
CAS Type 1 Name: 2,4,6,8-Nonatetraenoic acid, 9-(4-methoxy-2,3,6-trimethylphenyl)-3,7-dimethyl-, (all-E)-
Previous Indexing: Tretinoin/analogs & derivatives (1977-1992)
Public MeSH Note: 93; ACITRETIN was indexed under TRETINOIN/analogs & derivatives 1977-92
Online Note: use ACITRETIN (NM) to search ACITRETIN 1980-92
History Note: 93; was ACITRETIN (NM) 1977-91
DeCS ID: 30874
Unique ID: D017255
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1993/01/01
Date of Entry: 1992/05/07
Revision Date: 2017/02/24
Acitretin - Preferred
Concept UI M0026177
Scope note An oral retinoid effective in the treatment of psoriasis. It is the major metabolite of ETRETINATE with the advantage of a much shorter half-life when compared with etretinate.
Preferred term Acitretin
Entry term(s) Etretin
Isoacitretin - Related but not broader or narrower
Concept UI M0026181
Preferred term Isoacitretin
Isoetretin - Related but not broader or narrower
Concept UI M0026179
Preferred term Isoetretin
Ro 10-1670 - Narrower
Concept UI M0351967
Preferred term Ro 10-1670
Entry term(s) Ro 101670
Ro-10-1670
Ro101670
13-cis-Acitretin - Related but not broader or narrower
Concept UI M0026178
Preferred term 13-cis-Acitretin
Neotigason - Narrower
Concept UI M000625559
Preferred term Neotigason
Soriatane - Narrower
Concept UI M0026182
Preferred term Soriatane
Acitretin, (Z,E,E,E)-Isomer - Related but not broader or narrower
Concept UI M0329348
Preferred term Acitretin, (Z,E,E,E)-Isomer
Ro-13-7652 - Related but not broader or narrower
Concept UI M0026180
Preferred term Ro-13-7652
Entry term(s) Ro 13-7652
Ro 137652
Ro137652



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