Concept information
Preferred term
Penicillamine
Type
-
Topical Descriptor
Broader concept
Narrower concepts
Entry terms
- beta,beta Dimethylcysteine
- beta,beta-Dimethylcysteine
- D 3 Mercaptovaline
- D-3-Mercaptovaline
- Dimethylcysteine
- D Penicillamine
- D-Penicillamine
- Mercaptovaline
Note
- degradation product of the penicillin antibiotics
Scope note
- 3-Mercapto-D-valine. The most characteristic degradation product of the penicillin antibiotics. It is used as an antirheumatic and as a chelating agent in Wilson's disease.
History note
- 64(63)
In other languages
-
Finnish
-
penicillaminum
-
Swedish
URI
http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D010396
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