"Homocysteine" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
A thiol-containing amino acid formed by a demethylation of METHIONINE.
| Descriptor ID |
D006710
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D02.886.030.498 D12.125.166.498
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| Concept/Terms |
Homocysteine- Homocysteine
- 2-amino-4-mercaptobutyric acid
- 2 amino 4 mercaptobutyric acid
- Homocysteine, L-Isomer
- Homocysteine, L Isomer
- L-Isomer Homocysteine
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2000 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Homocysteine" by people in Profiles.
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Is dietary intake of folate too low? Lancet. 2007 Jan 20; 369(9557):166-7.
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Preanalytical sources of measurement error: the conundrum of the homocysteine hypothesis. Atherosclerosis. 2007 Oct; 194(2):520.
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Circadian rhythm of serum total homocysteine in men. Am J Cardiol. 2000 Nov 15; 86(10):1153-6, A9-10.