Nitroglycerin

"Nitroglycerin" 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.

MeSH information

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A volatile vasodilator which relieves ANGINA PECTORIS by stimulating GUANYLATE CYCLASE and lowering cytosolic calcium. It is also sometimes used for TOCOLYSIS and explosives.

Descriptor ID	D005996
MeSH Number(s)	D02.033.800.421.560 D02.640.636
Concept/Terms	Nitroglycerin Nitroglycerin Glyceryl Trinitrate Trinitrate, Glyceryl Nitrolan Nitrolan Nitrong Nitrong Nitrospan Nitrospan Nitrostat Nitrostat Perlinganit Perlinganit Susadrin Susadrin Sustac Sustac Sustak Sustak Sustonit Sustonit Transderm Nitro Transderm Nitro Nitroglyn Nitroglyn Trinitrin Trinitrin Trinitrolong Trinitrolong Anginine Anginine Dynamite Dynamite Gilustenon Gilustenon Nitrangin Nitrangin Nitro-Bid Nitro-Bid Nitro Bid NitroBid Nitro-Dur Nitro-Dur Nitro Dur NitroDur Nitrocard Nitrocard Nitroderm Nitroderm Nitroderm TTS Nitroderm TTS Nitrol Nitrol Tridil Tridil

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Chemicals and Drugs [D]
Organic Chemicals [D02]
Alcohols [D02.033]
Sugar Alcohols [D02.033.800]
Glycerol [D02.033.800.421]
Nitroglycerin [D02.033.800.421.560]
Nitro Compounds [D02.640]
Nitroglycerin [D02.640.636]

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