Cellulose

"Cellulose" 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.

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A polysaccharide with glucose units linked as in CELLOBIOSE. It is the chief constituent of plant fibers, cotton being the purest natural form of the substance. As a raw material, it forms the basis for many derivatives used in chromatography, ion exchange materials, explosives manufacturing, and pharmaceutical preparations.

Descriptor ID	D002482
MeSH Number(s)	D05.750.078.562.180 D09.698.365.180 D25.720.099.500 J01.637.051.720.099.500
Concept/Terms	Cellulose Cellulose Polyanhydroglucuronic Acid Acid, Polyanhydroglucuronic alpha-Cellulose alpha Cellulose Rayophane Rayophane Avicel Avicel Heweten Heweten Sulfite Cellulose Sulfite Cellulose Alphacel Alphacel

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Cellulose".

Chemicals and Drugs [D]
Macromolecular Substances [D05]
Polymers [D05.750]
Biopolymers [D05.750.078]
Glucans [D05.750.078.562]
Cellulose [D05.750.078.562.180]
Carbohydrates [D09]
Polysaccharides [D09.698]
Glucans [D09.698.365]
Cellulose [D09.698.365.180]
Biomedical and Dental Materials [D25]
Polymers [D25.720]
Biopolymers [D25.720.099]
Cellulose [D25.720.099.500]
Technology, Industry, Agriculture [J]
Technology, Industry, and Agriculture [J01]
Manufactured Materials [J01.637]
Biomedical and Dental Materials [J01.637.051]
Polymers [J01.637.051.720]
Biopolymers [J01.637.051.720.099]
Cellulose [J01.637.051.720.099.500]

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Bar chart showing 18 publications over 13 distinct years, with a maximum of 3 publications in 2002

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1998	1	0	1
2000	0	1	1
2001	1	1	2
2002	2	1	3
2003	1	0	1
2006	1	0	1
2007	0	2	2
2011	0	2	2
2013	1	0	1
2015	0	1	1
2016	1	0	1
2017	1	0	1
2018	0	1	1

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Shin Y, Kokate R, Desai V, Bhushan A, Kaushal G. D-cycloserine nasal formulation development for anxiety disorders by using polymeric gels. Drug Discov Ther. 2018; 12(3):142-153.

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Bielory L, Wagle P. Ocular surface lubricants. Curr Opin Allergy Clin Immunol. 2017 Oct; 17(5):382-389.

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Cecen B, Kozaci LD, Yuksel M, Ustun O, Ergur BU, Havitcioglu H. Biocompatibility and biomechanical characteristics of loofah based scaffolds combined with hydroxyapatite, cellulose, poly-l-lactic acid with chondrocyte-like cells. Mater Sci Eng C Mater Biol Appl. 2016 Dec 01; 69:437-46.

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Yonekawa Y, Thomas BJ, Hassan TS. New self-retaining sutureless cellulose flanged disposable contact viewing system for vitreoretinal surgery. Retina. 2015 Apr; 35(4):834-7.

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Angelo JM, Cvetkovic A, Gantier R, Lenhoff AM. Characterization of cross-linked cellulosic ion-exchange adsorbents: 1. Structural properties. J Chromatogr A. 2013 Dec 06; 1319:46-56.

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Tracy BP, Jones SW, Fast AG, Indurthi DC, Papoutsakis ET. Clostridia: the importance of their exceptional substrate and metabolite diversity for biofuel and biorefinery applications. Curr Opin Biotechnol. 2012 Jun; 23(3):364-81.

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Munro SA, Choe L, Zinder SH, Lee KH, Walker LP. Proteomic and physiological experiments to test Thermotoga neapolitana constraint-based model hypotheses of carbon source utilization. Biotechnol Prog. 2012 Mar-Apr; 28(2):312-8.

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Warnecke F, Luginb?hl P, Ivanova N, Ghassemian M, Richardson TH, Stege JT, Cayouette M, McHardy AC, Djordjevic G, Aboushadi N, Sorek R, Tringe SG, Podar M, Martin HG, Kunin V, Dalevi D, Madejska J, Kirton E, Platt D, Szeto E, Salamov A, Barry K, Mikhailova N, Kyrpides NC, Matson EG, Ottesen EA, Zhang X, Hern?ndez M, Murillo C, Acosta LG, Rigoutsos I, Tamayo G, Green BD, Chang C, Rubin EM, Mathur EJ, Robertson DE, Hugenholtz P, Leadbetter JR. Metagenomic and functional analysis of hindgut microbiota of a wood-feeding higher termite. Nature. 2007 Nov 22; 450(7169):560-5.

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Heffelfinger RN, Blackwell KE, Rawnsley J, Keller GS. A simplified approach to midface aging. Arch Facial Plast Surg. 2007 Jan-Feb; 9(1):48-55.

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El-Sadr WM, Mayer KH, Maslankowski L, Hoesley C, Justman J, Gai F, Mauck C, Absalon J, Morrow K, M?sse B, Soto-Torres L, Kwiecien A. Safety and acceptability of cellulose sulfate as a vaginal microbicide in HIV-infected women. AIDS. 2006 May 12; 20(8):1109-16.

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