"Imino Sugars" 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.
Sugars in which the OXYGEN is replaced by a NITROGEN atom. This substitution prevents normal METABOLISM resulting in inhibition of GLYCOSIDASES and GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASES.
| Descriptor ID |
D050111
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D02.491.567 D09.553
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Imino sugars are potent agonists of the human glucose sensor SGLT3. Mol Pharmacol. 2007 Feb; 71(2):628-34.
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Synthesis and biological evaluation of gem-diamine 1-N-iminosugars related to L-iduronic acid as inhibitors of heparan sulfate 2-O-sulfotransferase. Bioorg Med Chem Lett. 2006 Feb; 16(3):532-6.