"Penicillins" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A group of antibiotics that contain 6-aminopenicillanic acid with a side chain attached to the 6-amino group. The penicillin nucleus is the chief structural requirement for biological activity. The side-chain structure determines many of the antibacterial and pharmacological characteristics. (Goodman and Gilman's The Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics, 8th ed, p1065)
| Descriptor ID |
D010406
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D02.065.589.099.750 D02.886.108.750 D03.438.260.825 D03.605.084.737 D04.075.080.875.099.221.750
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| Concept/Terms |
Penicillins- Penicillins
- Antibiotics, Penicillin
- Penicillin Antibiotics
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1997 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2001 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2020 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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