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Glucuronides

"Glucuronides" 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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Glycosides of GLUCURONIC ACID formed by the reaction of URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE GLUCURONIC ACID with certain endogenous and exogenous substances. Their formation is important for the detoxification of drugs, steroid excretion and BILIRUBIN metabolism to a more water-soluble compound that can be eliminated in the URINE and BILE.


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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Glucuronides" by people in this website by year, and whether "Glucuronides" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
Bar chart showing 23 publications over 13 distinct years, with a maximum of 5 publications in 2002
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