MeSH

inhibitor of fatty acid oxidation; RN given refers to parent cpd

Date introduced: January 1, 1974

Substances which lower blood glucose levels.

Year introduced: 1976

A group of 16-carbon fatty acids that contain no double bonds.

Year introduced: 1975

Salts and esters of the 16-carbon saturated monocarboxylic acid--palmitic acid.

Year introduced: 1991(1975)

A generic term for fats and lipoids, the alcohol-ether-soluble constituents of protoplasm, which are insoluble in water. They comprise the fats, fatty oils, essential oils, waxes, phospholipids, glycolipids, sulfolipids, aminolipids, chromolipids (lipochromes), and fatty acids. (Grant and Hackh's Chemical Dictionary, 5th ed)

Year introduced: /blood was BLOOD LIPIDS 1963-1967

Organic, monobasic acids derived from hydrocarbons by the equivalent of oxidation of a methyl group to an alcohol, aldehyde, and then acid. Fatty acids are saturated and unsaturated (FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED). (Grant and Hackh's Chemical Dictionary, 5th ed)

Year introduced: /metabolism was FATTY ACID METABOLISM 1965

Activities which affect organs and systemic functions without regard to a particular disease.

Year introduced: 2004

A broad category of chemical actions and uses that result in the prevention, treatment, cure or diagnosis of disease. Included here are drugs and chemicals that act by altering normal body functions, such as the REPRODUCTIVE CONTROL AGENTS and ANESTHETICS. Effects of chemicals on the environment are also included.

Year introduced: 2004(1999)

A group of pharmacologic activities, effects on living systems and the environment, and modes of employment of drugs and chemicals. They are broken into actions, which describe their effects, and uses, which describe how they are employed.

Year introduced: 1999