"Sperm Whale" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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The species Physeter catodon (also called Physeter macrocephalus), in the family Physeteridae. The common name is derived from the milky wax substance in its head (spermaceti). The species also produces an intestinal secretion AMBERGRIS, which was previously used in perfumes. The sperm whale is the largest toothed MAMMAL in the world.
| Descriptor ID |
D050661
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B01.050.150.900.649.313.875.865.750
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| Concept/Terms |
Sperm Whale- Sperm Whale
- Whale, Sperm
- Physeter macrocephalus
- Physeter catodon
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| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Sperm Whale" by people in Profiles.
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A Nuclear Resonance Vibrational Spectroscopic Study of Oxy Myoglobins Reconstituted with Chemically Modified Heme Cofactors: Insights into the Fe-O2 Bonding and Internal Dynamics of the Protein. Biochemistry. 2018 12 04; 57(48):6649-6652.
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Synergistic Effect of Distal Polar Interactions in Myoglobin and Their Structural Consequences. Inorg Chem. 2018 Nov 19; 57(22):14269-14279.
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Vertebral bone microarchitecture and osteocyte characteristics of three toothed whale species with varying diving behaviour. Sci Rep. 2017 05 09; 7(1):1604.