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Lactose

"Lactose" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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A disaccharide of GLUCOSE and GALACTOSE in human and cow milk. It is used in pharmacy for tablets, in medicine as a nutrient, and in industry.


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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Lactose" by people in this website by year, and whether "Lactose" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
Bar chart showing 22 publications over 14 distinct years, with a maximum of 7 publications in 2019
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