"Mesalamine" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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An anti-inflammatory agent, structurally related to the SALICYLATES, which is active in INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE. It is considered to be the active moiety of SULPHASALAZINE. (From Martindale, The Extra Pharmacopoeia, 30th ed)
| Descriptor ID |
D019804
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D02.241.223.100.050.300.500 D02.241.223.100.300.595.100.540 D02.241.511.390.595.100.540 D02.455.426.559.389.127.020.452.750 D02.455.426.559.389.127.281.595.100.540 D02.455.426.559.389.657.410.595.100.540
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| Concept/Terms |
Mesalamine- Mesalamine
- m-Aminosalicylic Acid
- m Aminosalicylic Acid
- 5-Aminosalicylic Acid
- 5 Aminosalicylic Acid
- Mesalazine
- meta-Aminosalicylic Acid
- meta Aminosalicylic Acid
Asacolon- Asacolon
- Celltech Brand of Mesalamine
Ascolitin- Ascolitin
- Sanofi Synthelabo Brand of Mesalamine
- Henning Berlin Brand of Mesalamine
Canasa- Canasa
- Salofalk
- Provalis Brand of Mesalamine
- Falk Brand of Mesalamine
- Farmasa Brand of Mesalamine
- Axcan Brand of Mesalamine
- Antigen Brand of Mesalamine
Claversal- Claversal
- SmithKline Brand of Mesalamine
- Merckle Brand of Mesalamine
Fivasa- Fivasa
- Norgine Brand of Mesalamine
Lixacol- Lixacol
- Schering-Plough Brand of Mesalamine
- Schering Plough Brand of Mesalamine
Mesasal- Mesasal
- GlaxoSmithKline Brand of Mesalamine
Novo-5 ASA- Novo-5 ASA
- Novo 5 ASA
- Novo5 ASA
- Novopharm Brand of Mesalamine
Pentasa- Pentasa
- Ferring Brand of Mesalamine
- Yamanouchi Brand of Mesalamine
- Allphar Brand of Mesalamine
Rowasa- Rowasa
- Solvay Brand of Mesalamine
Asacol- Asacol
- Procter & Gamble Brand of Mesalamine
- Byk Brand of Mesalamine
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| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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