Volatile Organic Compounds
"Volatile Organic Compounds" 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.
Organic compounds that have a relatively high VAPOR PRESSURE at room temperature.
| Descriptor ID |
D055549
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D02.974
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Volatile Organic Compounds" by people in Profiles.
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Metatranscriptomics reveals temperature-driven functional changes in microbiome impacting cheese maturation rate. Sci Rep. 2016 Feb 25; 6:21871.
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Encapsulation of volatiles by homogenized partially-cross linked alginates. Int J Pharm. 2015 Dec 30; 496(2):709-16.