"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
- Mesalazine
- m-Aminosalicylic Acid
- m Aminosalicylic Acid
- 5-Aminosalicylic Acid
- 5 Aminosalicylic Acid
- meta-Aminosalicylic Acid
- meta Aminosalicylic Acid
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1998 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Mesalamine" by people in Profiles.
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Budding Multi-matrix Technology-a Retrospective Approach, Deep Insights, and Future Perspectives. AAPS PharmSciTech. 2021 Nov 03; 22(8):264.
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Recurrence of Clostridium difficile Infection in Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease: The RECIDIVISM Study. Am J Gastroenterol. 2016 08; 111(8):1141-6.
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Effects of N-acetylcysteine plus mesalamine on prostaglandin synthesis and nitric oxide generation in TNBS-induced colitis in rats. Dig Dis Sci. 2009 Apr; 54(4):758-66.
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Luminal antioxidants enhance the effects of mesalamine in the treatment of chemically induced colitis in rats. Exp Biol Med (Maywood). 2008 Oct; 233(10):1301-8.
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Antioxidant therapy with N-acetylcysteine plus mesalamine accelerates mucosal healing in a rodent model of colitis. Dig Dis Sci. 2006 Apr; 51(4):698-705.
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Severe symptomatic sinus bradycardia associated with mesalamine use. Am J Gastroenterol. 1998 Mar; 93(3):470-1.