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Creatine MeSH Descriptor Data 2025


MeSH Heading
Creatine
Tree Number(s)
D02.078.370.280
D12.125.373
Unique ID
D003401
RDF Unique Identifier
http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D003401
Annotation
do not confuse with CREATININE; CREATINE PHOSPHATE see PHOSPHOCREATINE
Scope Note
An amino acid that occurs in vertebrate tissues and in urine. In muscle tissue, creatine generally occurs as phosphocreatine. Creatine is excreted as CREATININE in the urine.
Registry Numbers
MU72812GK0
Related Numbers
57-00-1
CAS Type 1 Name
Glycine, N-(aminoiminomethyl)-N-methyl-
NLM Classification #
QU 61
Public MeSH Note
68; CREATINE AND CREATININE was heading 1963-67
Online Note
use CREATINE to search CREATINE AND CREATININE 1966-67
History Note
68; CREATINE AND CREATININE was heading 1963-67
Date Established
1968/01/01
Date of Entry
1999/01/01
Revision Date
2013/07/08
Creatine Preferred
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