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Tricarboxylic Acids MeSH Descriptor Data 2025


MeSH Heading
Tricarboxylic Acids
Tree Number(s)
D02.241.081.901
Unique ID
D014233
RDF Unique Identifier
http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D014233
Annotation
/metab is probably TRICARBOXYLIC ACID CYCLE
Scope Note
Organic compounds that are acyclic and contain three acid groups. A member of this class is citric acid which is the first product formed by reaction of pyruvate and oxaloacetate. (From Lehninger, Principles of Biochemistry, 1982, p443)
Entry Term(s)
Tricarboxylic Acid
Registry Numbers
0
Previous Indexing
Acids (1966-1970)
Public MeSH Note
72; was ACIDS, TRICARBOXYLIC 1971
Online Note
use TRICARBOXYLIC ACIDS to search ACIDS, TRICARBOXYLIC 1971
History Note
72; was ACIDS, TRICARBOXYLIC 1971
Date Established
1972/01/01
Date of Entry
1999/01/01
Revision Date
2020/05/27
Tricarboxylic Acids Preferred
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