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MeSH Heading: Galactans
Tree Number(s): D09.698.360
Unique ID: D005685
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D005685
Annotation: polysaccharides
Scope Note: Polysaccharides composed of repeating galactose units. They can consist of branched or unbranched chains in any linkages.
Entry Term(s): Galactan; Polygalactose; Polygalactoses
Previous Indexing: Galactose (1966-1978); Polysaccharides (1966-1978)
See Also: Galactose
Public MeSH Note: 79
History Note: 79
Date Established: 1979/01/01
Date of Entry: 1977/12/15
Revision Date: 2020/05/27

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)

economics (EC)

genetics (GE)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

isolation & purification (IP)

metabolism (ME)

pharmacokinetics (PK)

pharmacology (PD)

poisoning (PO)

radiation effects (RE)

standards (ST)

supply & distribution (SD)

therapeutic use (TU)

toxicity (TO)

ultrastructure (UL)

urine (UR)

Concept UI: M0008933
Scope Note: Polysaccharides composed of repeating galactose units. They can consist of branched or unbranched chains in any linkages.
Terms: Galactans Preferred Term
Term UI T017196
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1979); Galactan
Term UI T000997810
Date11/19/2019
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2021); Polygalactose
Term UI T000997811
Date11/19/2019
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2021); Polygalactoses
Term UI T017197
Date12/15/1977
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID UNK (19XX)

Galactans MeSH Descriptor Data 2024