 Xenobiotics
"Xenobiotics" 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.
Chemical substances that are foreign to the biological system. They include naturally occurring compounds, drugs, environmental agents, carcinogens, insecticides, etc.
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D015262
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D26.969
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Xenobiotics" by people in this website by year, and whether "Xenobiotics" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| 1998 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 1999 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Xenobiotics" by people in Profiles.
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Goodwin B, Gauthier KC, Umetani M, Watson MA, Lochansky MI, Collins JL, Leitersdorf E, Mangelsdorf DJ, Kliewer SA, Repa JJ. Identification of bile acid precursors as endogenous ligands for the nuclear xenobiotic pregnane X receptor. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2003 Jan 07; 100(1):223-8.
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Cheek AO, Kow K, Chen J, McLachlan JA. Potential mechanisms of thyroid disruption in humans: interaction of organochlorine compounds with thyroid receptor, transthyretin, and thyroid-binding globulin. Environ Health Perspect. 1999 Apr; 107(4):273-8.
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Cheek AO, Vonier PM, Oberdörster E, Burow BC, McLachlan JA. Environmental signaling: a biological context for endocrine disruption. Environ Health Perspect. 1998 Feb; 106 Suppl 1:5-10.
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