Inositol

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An isomer of glucose that has traditionally been considered to be a B vitamin although it has an uncertain status as a vitamin and a deficiency syndrome has not been identified in man. (From Martindale, The Extra Pharmacopoeia, 30th ed, p1379) Inositol phospholipids are important in signal transduction.

Descriptor ID	D007294
MeSH Number(s)	D02.033.800.519 D09.853.519
Concept/Terms	Inositol Inositol Mesoinositol Myoinositol Chiro-Inositol Chiro Inositol

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Chemicals and Drugs [D]
Organic Chemicals [D02]
Alcohols [D02.033]
Sugar Alcohols [D02.033.800]
Inositol [D02.033.800.519]
Carbohydrates [D09]
Sugar Alcohols [D09.853]
Inositol [D09.853.519]

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Inositol
Inositol Phosphates

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
2005	0	1	1
2006	1	1	2
2011	1	1	2
2022	1	0	1
2023	0	1	1

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Tani H, Moxon-Emre I, Forde NJ, Neufeld NH, Bingham KS, Whyte EM, Meyers BS, Alexopoulos GS, Hoptman MJ, Rothschild AJ, Uchida H, Flint AJ, Mulsant BH, Voineskos AN. Brain metabolite levels in remitted psychotic depression with consideration of effects of antipsychotic medication. Brain Imaging Behav. 2024 Feb; 18(1):117-129.

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Nguyen PP, Kado T, Prithviraj M, Siegrist MS, Morita YS. Inositol acylation of phosphatidylinositol mannosides: a rapid mass response to membrane fluidization in mycobacteria. J Lipid Res. 2022 09; 63(9):100262.

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Ginns EI, Mak SK, Ko N, Karlgren J, Akbarian S, Chou VP, Guo Y, Lim A, Samuelsson S, LaMarca ML, Vazquez-DeRose J, Manning-Bog AB. Neuroinflammation and a-synuclein accumulation in response to glucocerebrosidase deficiency are accompanied by synaptic dysfunction. Mol Genet Metab. 2014 Feb; 111(2):152-62.

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Morita YS, Fukuda T, Sena CB, Yamaryo-Botte Y, McConville MJ, Kinoshita T. Inositol lipid metabolism in mycobacteria: biosynthesis and regulatory mechanisms. Biochim Biophys Acta. 2011 Jun; 1810(6):630-41.

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Ratai EM, Annamalai L, Burdo T, Joo CG, Bombardier JP, Fell R, Hakimelahi R, He J, Lentz MR, Campbell J, Curran E, Halpern EF, Masliah E, Westmoreland SV, Williams KC, Gonz?lez RG. Brain creatine elevation and N-Acetylaspartate reduction indicates neuronal dysfunction in the setting of enhanced glial energy metabolism in a macaque model of neuroAIDS. Magn Reson Med. 2011 Sep; 66(3):625-34.

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Forester BP, Finn CT, Berlow YA, Wardrop M, Renshaw PF, Moore CM. Brain lithium, N-acetyl aspartate and myo-inositol levels in older adults with bipolar disorder treated with lithium: a lithium-7 and proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy study. Bipolar Disord. 2008 Sep; 10(6):691-700.

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Hong Y, Nagamune K, Morita YS, Nakatani F, Ashida H, Maeda Y, Kinoshita T. Removal or maintenance of inositol-linked acyl chain in glycosylphosphatidylinositol is critical in trypanosome life cycle. J Biol Chem. 2006 Apr 28; 281(17):11595-602.

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Moore CM, Biederman J, Wozniak J, Mick E, Aleardi M, Wardrop M, Dougherty M, Harpold T, Hammerness P, Randall E, Renshaw PF. Differences in brain chemistry in children and adolescents with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder with and without comorbid bipolar disorder: a proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy study. Am J Psychiatry. 2006 Feb; 163(2):316-8.

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Haites RE, Morita YS, McConville MJ, Billman-Jacobe H. Function of phosphatidylinositol in mycobacteria. J Biol Chem. 2005 Mar 25; 280(12):10981-7.

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Steingard RJ, Yurgelun-Todd DA, Hennen J, Moore JC, Moore CM, Vakili K, Young AD, Katic A, Beardslee WR, Renshaw PF. Increased orbitofrontal cortex levels of choline in depressed adolescents as detected by in vivo proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy. Biol Psychiatry. 2000 Dec 01; 48(11):1053-61.

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