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Nitriles MeSH Descriptor Data 2025


MeSH Heading
Nitriles
Tree Number(s)
D02.626
Unique ID
D009570
RDF Unique Identifier
http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D009570
Annotation
organic cpds having -CN radical: differentiate from CYANIDES which are inorganic with -CN
Scope Note
Organic compounds containing the -CN radical. The concept is distinguished from CYANIDES, which denotes inorganic salts of HYDROGEN CYANIDE.
Entry Term(s)
Nitrile
Registry Numbers
0
Previous Indexing
Cyanides (1966-1967)
See Also
Cyanides
Public MeSH Note
68; was see under CYANIDES 1963-67
Online Note
use CYANIDES to search NITRILES 1966-67
History Note
68; was see under CYANIDES 1963-67
Date Established
1968/01/01
Date of Entry
1999/01/01
Revision Date
2020/05/27
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