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Carbohydrates

"Carbohydrates" 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 class of organic compounds composed of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen in a ratio of Cn(H2O)n. The largest class of organic compounds, including STARCH; GLYCOGEN; CELLULOSE; POLYSACCHARIDES; and simple MONOSACCHARIDES.


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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Carbohydrates" by people in this website by year, and whether "Carbohydrates" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
Bar chart showing 23 publications over 18 distinct years, with a maximum of 3 publications in 2014
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