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Category D - Chemicals and Drugs

Subheadings

/classification Used for systematic or hierarchical classification systems

Different types of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors
SEROTONIN REUPTAKE INHIBITORS / *class

/history Used for the historical aspects of chemicals and drugs

Penicillin use during World War II
PENICILLIN / *hist
*WORLD WAR II
HISTORY, 20th CENTURY

/economics Used for the economic aspects of drugs and chemicals

Prices for generic antibiotics
GENERIC DRUGS / *econ
ANTIBIOTICS / *econ
*DRUG COSTS

/standards Used with chemicals and drugs for standards of identification, quality, and potency

Quality control of influenza vaccines
INFLUENZA VACCINES / *stand
QUALITY CONTROL

/supply Used for the quantitative availability and distribution of drugs and chemicals

Distribution of AIDS drugs in Africa
ANTI-HIV AGENTS / *supply
AFRICA

The following subheadings are permitted only with the Category D terms enzymes, proteins, and nucleic acids and their specifics

/drug effects Used with enzymes, proteins, and nucleic acids for the effects of drugs and chemicals

The effect of antifungal antibiotics on fungal DNA
DNA, FUNGAL / *drug eff
ANTIBIOTICS, ANTIFUNGAL / *pharmacol

/radiation effects Used for the effect of irradiation on drugs and chemicals

The effect of ultraviolet radiation on bacterial outer membrane proteins
OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS, BACTERIAL / *rad eff
*ULTRAVIOLET RAYS

/ultrastructure Used with proteins, enzymes and nucleic acids for studies of their gross structure using electron microscopy

An electron microscopic study of ribosomal proteins
RIBOSOMAL PROTEINS / *ultrastruct

Last Reviewed: March 21, 2016