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Muramic Acids MeSH Descriptor Data 2025


MeSH Heading
Muramic Acids
Tree Number(s)
D02.241.081.844.520
D02.241.511.902.522
D09.067.550
D09.811.522
Unique ID
D009112
RDF Unique Identifier
http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D009112
Scope Note
Compounds consisting of glucosamine and lactate joined by an ether linkage. They occur naturally as N-acetyl derivatives in peptidoglycan, the characteristic polysaccharide composing bacterial cell walls. (From Dorland, 28th ed)
Entry Term(s)
Muramic Acid
Registry Numbers
0
Previous Indexing
Amino Sugars (1966-1970)
Disaccharides (1971-1972)
Glucosamine (1966-1972)
Hexosamines (1966-1972)
Public MeSH Note
91; was see under SUGAR ACIDS 1975-90; was MURAMIC ACID 1973-74 (Prov)
Online Note
use MURAMIC ACIDS to search MURAMIC ACID 1973-74 (as Prov)
History Note
91(75); was see under SUGAR ACIDS 1975-90; was MURAMIC ACID 1973-74 (Prov)
Date Established
1991/01/01
Date of Entry
1999/01/01
Revision Date
2004/07/07
Muramic Acids Preferred
Muramic Acid Narrower
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