"Cyclodextrins" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A homologous group of cyclic GLUCANS consisting of alpha-1,4 bound glucose units obtained by the action of cyclodextrin glucanotransferase on starch or similar substrates. The enzyme is produced by certain species of Bacillus. Cyclodextrins form inclusion complexes with a wide variety of substances.
| Descriptor ID |
D003505
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D04.345.103 D09.301.915.400.375 D09.698.365.855.400.375
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| Concept/Terms |
Cyclodextrins- Cyclodextrins
- Cyclomaltooligosaccharides
- Cyclodextrin Derivatives
- Derivatives, Cyclodextrin
- Cycloamylose
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| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Cyclodextrins" by people in Profiles.
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Cyclodextrin-mediated entrapment of curcuminoid 4-[3,5-bis(2-chlorobenzylidene-4-oxo-piperidine-1-yl)-4-oxo-2-butenoic acid] or CLEFMA in liposomes for treatment of xenograft lung tumor in rats. Colloids Surf B Biointerfaces. 2011 Jun 01; 84(2):329-37.
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Kinetic mechanism of histidine-tagged homocitrate synthase from Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Biochemistry. 2004 Sep 21; 43(37):11790-5.
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Cholesterol-dependent association of caveolin-1 with the transducin alpha subunit in bovine photoreceptor rod outer segments: disruption by cyclodextrin and guanosine 5'-O-(3-thiotriphosphate). Biochemistry. 2003 Jul 08; 42(26):7892-903.