DeCS

Descriptor English:

Macromolecular Substances

Descriptor Spanish:

Sustancias Macromoleculares

Spanish from Spain

Descriptor	sustancias macromoleculares
Scope note:	Compuestos y complejos moleculares con un gran número de átomos y suelen tener un tamaño superior a 500 kDa. En los sistemas biológicos, las sustancias macromoleculares se pueden visualizar generalmente usando el MICROSCOPIO ELECTRÓNICO y se distinguen de los ORGANELOS por la carencia de estructura membranosa.

Descriptor Portuguese:

Substâncias Macromoleculares

Descriptor French:

Structures macromoléculaires

Entry term(s):

Complexes macromoléculaires
Composés macromoléculaires

Tree number(s):

D05

RDF Unique Identifier:

https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D046911

Scope note:

Compounds and molecular complexes that consist of very large numbers of atoms and are generally over 500 kDa in size. In biological systems macromolecular substances usually can be visualized using ELECTRON MICROSCOPY and are distinguished from ORGANELLES by the lack of a membrane structure.

Annotation:

general only; do not use as a routine coordinate with specific macromolecular substances

Allowable Qualifiers:

AA analogues et dérivés
AD administration et posologie
AE effets indésirables
AG agonistes
AI antagonistes et inhibiteurs
AN analyse
BL sang
CF liquide cérébrospinal
CH composition chimique
CL classification
CS synthèse chimique
EC économie
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

DeCS ID:

38682

Unique ID:

D046911

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Date Established:

2005/01/01

Date of Entry:

2004/07/07

Revision Date:

2010/06/25