Chemicals and Drugs

Nitro Compounds

Compounds having the nitro group, -NO2, attached to carbon. When attached to nitrogen they are nitramines and attached to oxygen they are NITRATES.

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Compounds having the nitro group, -NO2, attached to carbon. When attached to nitrogen they are nitramines and attached to oxygen they are NITRATES.

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  • Nitrated Compounds

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Indexed with the subheadings administration & dosage, adverse effects, agonists, analysis, antagonists & inhibitors, blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemical synthesis, chemistry, classification, economics, history, immunology, isolation & purification, metabolism, pharmacokinetics, pharmacology, poisoning, radiation effects, standards, supply & distribution, therapeutic use, toxicity, urine.

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Indexing Annotation

do not confuse entry term NITRATED COMPOUNDS with NITRATES

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History Note

74(71)

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Previous Indexing

  • specific compound containing nitro group (1971-1974)

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  1. D02w.640w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Nitro Compounds. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D009574. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D009574
  2. Nitro Compounds. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nitro_compound
  3. Nitro Compounds. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q422772