Cathartics
"Cathartics" 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.
Agents that are used to stimulate evacuation of the bowels.
| Descriptor ID |
D002400
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D27.505.954.483.396
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| Concept/Terms |
Cathartics- Cathartics
- Bowel Evacuants
- Evacuants, Bowel
- Purgatives
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Cathartics" by people in UAMS Profiles by year, and whether "Cathartics" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2014 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2003 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1990 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Cathartics" by people in Profiles over the past ten years.
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Bhattacharyya S, Ali M, Smith WH, Minkler PE, Stoll MS, Hoppel CL, Adams SH. Anesthesia and bariatric surgery gut preparation alter plasma acylcarnitines reflective of mitochondrial fat and branched-chain amino acid oxidation. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab. 2017 12 01; 313(6):E690-E698.