Lactones
"Lactones" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Cyclic esters of hydroxy carboxylic acids, containing a 1-oxacycloalkan-2-one structure. Large cyclic lactones of over a dozen atoms are MACROLIDES.
| Descriptor ID |
D007783
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D02.540
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Lactones" by people in Profiles.
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van Haandel L, Gibson KT, Leeder JS, Wagner JB. Quantification of pravastatin acid, lactone and isomers in human plasma by UHPLC-MS/MS and its application to a pediatric pharmacokinetic study. J Chromatogr B Analyt Technol Biomed Life Sci. 2016 Feb 15; 1012-1013:169-77.
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Chanoine JP, Hampl S, Jensen C, Boldrin M, Hauptman J. Effect of orlistat on weight and body composition in obese adolescents: a randomized controlled trial. JAMA. 2005 Jun 15; 293(23):2873-83.