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Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Amino Acids > Amino Acids, Sulfur > Cysteine > Carbocysteine
Inorganic Chemicals > Sulfur Compounds > Amino Acids, Sulfur > Cysteine > Carbocysteine
Organic Chemicals > Sulfur Compounds > Amino Acids, Sulfur > Cysteine > Carbocysteine
Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Amino Acids > Amino Acids, Neutral > Cysteine > Carbocysteine
Inorganic Chemicals > Sulfur Compounds > Sulfhydryl Compounds > Cysteine > Carbocysteine
Organic Chemicals > Sulfur Compounds > Sulfhydryl Compounds > Cysteine > Carbocysteine
Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Amino Acids > Amino Acids, Dicarboxylic > Carbocysteine

Preferred term

Carbocysteine  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • 3-(Carboxymethylthio)alanine
  • Carbocysteine, L Isomer
  • Carbocysteine, L-Isomer
  • L-Isomer Carbocysteine
  • S Carboxymethylcysteine
  • S-Carboxymethylcysteine
  • S-(Carboxymethyl)-L-cysteine

Scope note

  • A compound formed when iodoacetic acid reacts with sulfhydryl groups in proteins. It has been used as an anti-infective nasal spray with mucolytic and expectorant action.

History note

  • 91(80); was see under CYSTEINE 1980-90; was CARBOXYMETHYLCYSTEINE see under CYSTEINE 1975-79

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D002233

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