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MeSH Heading: Polyhydroxybutyrates
Tree Number(s): D05.750.078.789.500; D05.750.728.890.500; D10.751.500
Unique ID: D000094122
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000094122
Scope Note: A thermostable biopolymer with repeating hydroxybutyryl units. It is typically the most abundant polyhydroxyalkanoate in microbes with PHA granules.
Entry Term(s): 3-Hydroxybutanoic Acid Homopolymers; Poly(3-hydroxybutyrates); Poly(hydroxybutyrates)
Previous Indexing: Biopolymers (1988-2022); Butyric Acid (1988-2022)
Public MeSH Note: 2023
History Note: 2023
Date Established: 2023/01/01
Date of Entry: 2022/07/08
Revision Date: 2022/04/13

Allowable Qualifiers: administration & dosage (AD)

adverse effects (AE)

agonists (AG)

analysis (AN)

antagonists & inhibitors (AI)

biosynthesis (BI)

blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemical synthesis (CS)

chemistry (CH)

classification (CL)

deficiency (DF)

economics (EC)

genetics (GE)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

isolation & purification (IP)

metabolism (ME)

pharmacokinetics (PK)

pharmacology (PD)

physiology (PH)

poisoning (PO)

radiation effects (RE)

standards (ST)

supply & distribution (SD)

therapeutic use (TU)

toxicity (TO)

urine (UR)

Polyhydroxybutyrates MeSH Descriptor Data 2024