Chemicals and Drugs

Vitamin U

A vitamin found in green vegetables. It is used in the treatment of peptic ulcers, colitis, and gastritis and has an effect on secretory, acid-forming, and enzymatic functions of the intestinal tract.

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Abstract

A vitamin found in green vegetables. It is used in the treatment of peptic ulcers, colitis, and gastritis and has an effect on secretory, acid-forming, and enzymatic functions of the intestinal tract.

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Synonyms

10 entry terms
  • Methylmethionine
  • S-Methylmethionine
  • Sulfonium, ((3S)-3-Amino-3-Carboxypropyl)Dimethyl-, Inner Salt
  • S Methylmethionine
  • Methionine Methylsulfonium Chloride
  • Methylmethionine Sulfonium Chloride
  • Methylmethioninesulfonium Chloride
  • Chloride, Methionine Methylsulfonium
  • Chloride, Methylmethioninesulfonium
  • Methylsulfonium Chloride, Methionine

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30 allowable subheadings

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

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Indexing Annotation

/ther use: coordinate disease with /drug ther, not /diet ther

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History Note

91(77); was see under VITAMINS 1977-90

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Previous Indexing

  • Methionine (1973-1976)
  • Vitamins (1973-1976)

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Vitamin U. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D014814. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D014814
  2. Vitamin U. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S-Methylmethionine
  3. Vitamin U. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1329492