"N-Acetylneuraminic Acid" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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An N-acyl derivative of neuraminic acid. N-acetylneuraminic acid occurs in many polysaccharides, glycoproteins, and glycolipids in animals and bacteria. (From Dorland, 28th ed, p1518)
| Descriptor ID |
D019158
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D02.241.081.844.562.668.050 D02.241.511.902.562.668.050 D09.067.687.668.030 D09.811.589.668.030
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| Concept/Terms |
N-Acetylneuraminic Acid- N-Acetylneuraminic Acid
- Acid, N-Acetylneuraminic
- N Acetylneuraminic Acid
- Sialic Acid
- Acid, Sialic
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