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Descriptor English: Polyhydroxybutyrates
Descriptor Spanish: Polihidroxibutiratos
Descriptor polihidroxibutiratos
Entry term(s) homopolímeros de ácido 3-hidroxibutanoico
poli(3-hidroxibutiratos)
poli(hidroxibutiratos)
Scope note: Biopolímeros termoestables con unidades repetidas de hidroxibutirilo. Por lo general, son el tipo de polihidroxialcanoato más abundante en los microorganismos con tienen gránulos de polihidroxialcanoatos.
Descriptor Portuguese: Poli-Hidroxibutiratos
Descriptor French: Without translation
Entry term(s): 3 Hydroxybutanoic Acid Homopolymers
3-Hydroxybutanoic Acid Homopolymers
Poly(3-hydroxybutyrates)
Poly(hydroxybutyrates)
Tree number(s): D05.750.078.789.500
D05.750.728.890.500
D10.751.500
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000094122
Scope note: A thermostable biopolymer with repeating hydroxybutyryl units. It is typically the most abundant polyhydroxyalkanoate in microbes with PHA granules.
Allowable Qualifiers: AD administration & dosage
AE adverse effects
AG agonists
AI antagonists & inhibitors
AN analysis
BI biosynthesis
BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CH chemistry
CL classification
CS chemical synthesis
DF deficiency
EC economics
GE genetics
HI history
IM immunology
IP isolation & purification
ME metabolism
PD pharmacology
PH physiology
PK pharmacokinetics
PO poisoning
RE radiation effects
SD supply & distribution
ST standards
TO toxicity
TU therapeutic use
UR urine
Previous Indexing: Biopolymers (1988-2022)
Butyric Acid (1988-2022)
Public MeSH Note: 2023
History Note: 2023
DeCS ID: 60211
Unique ID: D000094122
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 2023/01/01
Date of Entry: 2022/07/08
Revision Date: 2022/04/13
Polyhydroxybutyrates - Preferred
Concept UI M000755605
Scope note A thermostable biopolymer with repeating hydroxybutyryl units. It is typically the most abundant polyhydroxyalkanoate in microbes with PHA granules.
Preferred term Polyhydroxybutyrates
Entry term(s) Poly(hydroxybutyrates)
Poly(3-hydroxybutyrates) - Narrower
Concept UI M000755606
Preferred term Poly(3-hydroxybutyrates)
Entry term(s) 3 Hydroxybutanoic Acid Homopolymers
3-Hydroxybutanoic Acid Homopolymers



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