Inositol
"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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| 1990 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Inositol" by people in Profiles.
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Alexander SP, Hill SJ, Kendall DA. Differential effects of elevated calcium ion concentrations on inositol phospholipid responses in mouse and rat cerebral cortical slices. Biochem Pharmacol. 1990 Oct 15; 40(8):1793-9.
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Alexander SP, Hill SJ, Kendall DA. Is the adenosine receptor modulation of histamine-induced accumulation of inositol phosphates in cerebral cortical slices mediated by effects on calcium ion fluxes? J Neurochem. 1990 Oct; 55(4):1138-41.