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3-O-Methylglucose MeSH Descriptor Data 2025


MeSH Heading
3-O-Methylglucose
Tree Number(s)
D09.408.348.500.500
D09.408.514.622.500
Unique ID
D019325
RDF Unique Identifier
http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D019325
Scope Note
A non-metabolizable glucose analogue that is not phosphorylated by hexokinase. 3-O-Methylglucose is used as a marker to assess glucose transport by evaluating its uptake within various cells and organ systems. (J Neurochem 1993;60(4):1498-504)
Entry Term(s)
3-O-Methyl-D-Glucose
Registry Numbers
146-72-5
CAS Type 1 Name
D-glucose, 3-O-methyl-
Previous Indexing
Methylglucosides (1981-1996)
Public MeSH Note
97; 3-O-METHYLGLUCOSE was indexed under METHYLGLUCOSIDES 1981-96
Online Note
use 3-O-METHYLGLUCOSE (NM) to search 3-O-METHYLGLUCOSE 1981-96
History Note
97; was 3-O-METHYLGLUCOSE (NM) 1981-96
Date Established
1997/01/01
Date of Entry
1996/06/10
Revision Date
2004/07/07
3-O-Methylglucose Preferred
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