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Descriptor English: Sugars
Descriptor Spanish: Azúcares
Descriptor azúcares
Entry term(s) azúcar
Scope note: Moléculas de hidratos de carbono de cadena corta con grupos hidroxilo unidos a cada átomo de carbono excepto uno que presenta un oxígeno aldehídico o cetónico unido por un doble enlace. Las moléculas cíclicas de azúcar se forman cuando los grupos aldehído o cetona forman un puente hemiacetal o hemicetal con uno de los carbonos hidroxilo. La estructura tridimensional de la molécula de azúcar se presenta en una amplia gama de compuestos biológicos y sintéticos, como en AMINOAZÚCARES, CARBA-AZÚCARES, DESOXIAZÚCARES, AZÚCARES ÁCIDOS, ALCOHOLES DEL AZÚCAR y FOSFATOS DE AZÚCAR.
Descriptor Portuguese: Açúcares
Descriptor French: Sucres
Entry term(s): Sugar
Tree number(s): D09.947
VS2.001.001.002.015
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000073893
Scope note: Short chain carbohydrate molecules that have hydroxyl groups attached to each carbon atom unit with the exception of one carbon that has a doubly-bond aldehyde or ketone oxygen. Cyclical sugar molecules are formed when the aldehyde or ketone groups respectively form a hemiacetal or hemiketal bond with one of the hydroxyl carbons. The three dimensional structure of the sugar molecule occurs in a vast array of biological and synthetic classes of specialized compounds including AMINO SUGARS; CARBASUGARS; DEOXY SUGARS; SUGAR ACIDS; SUGAR ALCOHOLS; and SUGAR PHOSPHATES.
Allowable Qualifiers: 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: Sweetening Agents
Public MeSH Note: 2018
History Note: 2018
DeCS ID: 51368
Unique ID: D000073893
NLM Classification: QU 81
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Date Established: 2018/01/01
Date of Entry: 2017/07/11
Revision Date: 2017/04/10
Sugars - Preferred
Concept UI M000624227
Scope note Short chain carbohydrate molecules that have hydroxyl groups attached to each carbon atom unit with the exception of one carbon that has a doubly-bond aldehyde or ketone oxygen. Cyclical sugar molecules are formed when the aldehyde or ketone groups respectively form a hemiacetal or hemiketal bond with one of the hydroxyl carbons. The three dimensional structure of the sugar molecule occurs in a vast array of biological and synthetic classes of specialized compounds including AMINO SUGARS; CARBASUGARS; DEOXY SUGARS; SUGAR ACIDS; SUGAR ALCOHOLS; and SUGAR PHOSPHATES.
Preferred term Sugars
Entry term(s) Sugar



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