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Sialic Acids

"Sialic Acids" 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 group of naturally occurring N-and O-acyl derivatives of the deoxyamino sugar neuraminic acid. They are ubiquitously distributed in many tissues.


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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Sialic Acids" by people in this website by year, and whether "Sialic Acids" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
Bar chart showing 8 publications over 8 distinct years, with a maximum of 1 publications in 1994 and 1999 and 2002 and 2005 and 2007 and 2010 and 2015 and 2020
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