"Farnesol" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A colorless liquid extracted from oils of plants such as citronella, neroli, cyclamen, and tuberose. It is an intermediate step in the biological synthesis of cholesterol from mevalonic acid in vertebrates. It has a delicate odor and is used in perfumery. (From McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 5th ed)
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D005204
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D02.033.415.400 D02.455.849.765.424 D10.289.400
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| 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Farnesol" by people in Profiles.
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Simvastatin-mediated enhancement of long-term potentiation is driven by farnesyl-pyrophosphate depletion and inhibition of farnesylation. Neuroscience. 2012 Jan 27; 202:1-9.
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Candida albicans-conditioned medium protects yeast cells from oxidative stress: a possible link between quorum sensing and oxidative stress resistance. Eukaryot Cell. 2005 Oct; 4(10):1654-61.