"Ammonia" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A colorless alkaline gas. It is formed in the body during decomposition of organic materials during a large number of metabolically important reactions. Note that the aqueous form of ammonia is referred to as AMMONIUM HYDROXIDE.
| Descriptor ID |
D000641
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D01.362.075 D01.625.050
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 6 | 5 | 11 |
| 2018 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 2019 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 2020 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Ammonia" by people in Profiles.
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Filling in the Gaps in Metformin Biodegradation: a New Enzyme and a Metabolic Pathway for Guanylurea. Appl Environ Microbiol. 2021 05 11; 87(11).
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Sensors for the detection of ammonia as a potential biomarker for health screening. Sci Rep. 2021 03 30; 11(1):7185.
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Geospatial correlation between COVID-19 health misinformation and poisoning with household cleaners in the Greater Boston Area. Clin Toxicol (Phila). 2021 04; 59(4):320-325.
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Describing the trend of ammonia, particulate matter and nitrogen oxides: The role of livestock activities in northern Italy during Covid-19 quarantine. Environ Res. 2020 12; 191:110048.
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Liver injury without liver failure in COVID-19 patients: how to explain, in some cases, elevated ammonia without hepatic decompensation. Crit Care. 2020 06 16; 24(1):352.
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Variability and Lability of Ammonia Levels in Healthy Volunteers and Patients With Cirrhosis: Implications for Trial Design and Clinical Practice. Am J Gastroenterol. 2020 05; 115(5):783-785.
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Minimal Hepatic Encephalopathy is Associated with Increased Cerebral Vascular Resistance. A Transcranial Doppler Ultrasound Study. Sci Rep. 2019 10 25; 9(1):15373.
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Ambient ammonia does not appear to inhibit the immune response to infectious bronchitis virus vaccination and protection from homologous challenge in broiler chickens. Vet Immunol Immunopathol. 2019 Nov; 217:109932.
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Malnutrition-related hyperammonemic encephalopathy presenting with burst suppression: a case report. J Med Case Rep. 2019 Aug 10; 13(1):248.
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The effects of graphene oxide on nitrification and N2O emission: Dose and exposure time dependent. Environ Pollut. 2019 Sep; 252(Pt B):960-966.