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Quassins MeSH Descriptor Data 2024


MeSH Heading
Quassins
Tree Number(s)
D02.455.849.919.570
Unique ID
D036702
RDF Unique Identifier
http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D036702
Scope Note
A group of degraded TRITERPENES which have lost ten carbons (8 from the side chain, C17, and one from C4) so have C20 skeletons which could be misinterpreted as DITERPENES. They especially occur in plants of the SIMAROUBACEAE family.
Entry Term(s)
Quassinoid
Quassinoids
Simaroubolides
Public MeSH Note
2003
History Note
2003
Date Established
2003/01/01
Date of Entry
2002/07/03
Revision Date
2020/05/27
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