Quaternary Ammonium Compounds
"Quaternary Ammonium Compounds" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Derivatives of ammonium compounds, NH4+ Y-, in which all four of the hydrogens bonded to nitrogen have been replaced with hydrocarbyl groups. These are distinguished from IMINES which are RN=CR2.
| Descriptor ID |
D000644
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D01.625.062.500 D02.092.877 D02.675.276
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Quaternary Ammonium Compounds" by people in Profiles.
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Genetic targeting of a voltage-sensitive dye by enzymatic activation of phosphonooxymethyl-ammonium derivative. ACS Chem Biol. 2011 May 20; 6(5):444-51.
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Inorganic nitrogen and phosphorus in Sierran forest O horizon leachate. J Environ Qual. 2007 Mar-Apr; 36(2):498-507.