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Chemical Actions and Uses > Pharmacologic Actions > Therapeutic Uses > Gastrointestinal Agents > Lipotropic Agents
... > Chemical Actions and Uses > Pharmacologic Actions > Therapeutic Uses > Lipid Regulating Agents > Hypolipidemic Agents > Lipotropic Agents
... > Chemical Actions and Uses > Pharmacologic Actions > Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action > Antimetabolites > Hypolipidemic Agents > Lipotropic Agents
... > Chemical Actions and Uses > Toxic Actions > Noxae > Antimetabolites > Hypolipidemic Agents > Lipotropic Agents

Preferred term

Lipotropic Agents  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Lipotropics

Scope note

  • Endogenous factors or drugs that increase the transport and metabolism of LIPIDS including the synthesis of LIPOPROTEINS by the LIVER and their uptake by extrahepatic tissues.

History note

  • 96; was LIPOTROPIC FACTORS 1963-95

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D008082

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