"Inositol" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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An isomer of glucose that has traditionally been considered to be a B vitamin although it has an uncertain status as a vitamin and a deficiency syndrome has not been identified in man. (From Martindale, The Extra Pharmacopoeia, 30th ed, p1379) Inositol phospholipids are important in signal transduction.
| Descriptor ID |
D007294
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D02.033.800.519 D09.853.519
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| Concept/Terms |
Inositol- Inositol
- Mesoinositol
- Myoinositol
- Chiro-Inositol
- Chiro Inositol
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