Penicillamine
"Penicillamine" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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3-Mercapto-D-valine. The most characteristic degradation product of the penicillin antibiotics. It is used as an antirheumatic and as a chelating agent in Wilson's disease.
| Descriptor ID |
D010396
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D02.886.030.786 D12.125.166.786
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| Concept/Terms |
Penicillamine- Penicillamine
- Mercaptovaline
- D-Penicillamine
- D Penicillamine
- Dimethylcysteine
- beta,beta-Dimethylcysteine
- beta,beta Dimethylcysteine
- D-3-Mercaptovaline
- D 3 Mercaptovaline
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