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p-Aminohippuric Acid MeSH Descriptor Data 2025


MeSH Heading
p-Aminohippuric Acid
Tree Number(s)
D02.065.277.431.192.100
D02.241.223.100.050.500.650
D02.241.223.100.100.100.100
D02.241.755.360.192.100
D02.455.426.559.389.127.020.937.650
D02.455.426.559.389.127.085.067.100
Unique ID
D010130
RDF Unique Identifier
http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D010130
Scope Note
The glycine amide of 4-aminobenzoic acid. Its sodium salt is used as a diagnostic aid to measure effective renal plasma flow (ERPF) and excretory capacity.
Entry Term(s)
4-Aminohippuric Acid
Aminohippurate Sodium
Aminohippuric Acid
Nephrotest
Sodium Para-Aminohippurate
p-Aminohippurate
para-Aminohippuric Acid
Pharm Action
Indicators and Reagents
Registry Numbers
Y79XT83BJ9
0
SUO3KVS1O9
Related Numbers
61-78-9
SUO3KVS1O9
CAS Type 1 Name
Glycine, N-(4-aminobenzoyl)-
NLM Classification #
QU 62
Previous Indexing
Aminohippuric Acids (1966-1976)
Public MeSH Note
91; was see under AMINOHIPPURIC ACIDS 1977-90; was PARA-AMINOHIPPURIC ACID see under AMINOHIPPURIC ACID 1965-76; was PARA-AMINOHIPPURIC ACID 1963-64
Online Note
use P-AMINOHIPPURIC ACID to search PARA-AMINOHIPPURIC ACID 1975-76; use AMINOHIPPURIC ACIDS 1966-74
History Note
91(77); was see under AMINOHIPPURIC ACIDS 1977-90; was PARA-AMINOHIPPURIC ACID see under AMINOHIPPURIC ACID 1965-76; was PARA-AMINOHIPPURIC ACID 1963-64
Entry Combination
analogs & derivatives:Aminohippuric Acids
Date Established
1991/01/01
Date of Entry
1976/05/19
Revision Date
2016/06/10
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