Histidine

Introduction: Histidine

Description of Histidine

Histidine: A semi-essential amino acid (children should obtain it from food) needed in humans for growth and tissue repair, Histidine is important for maintenance of myelin sheaths that protect nerve cells and is metabolized to the neurotransmitter histamine. Histamines play many roles in immunity, gastric secretion, and sexual functions. Histidine is also required for blood cell manufacture and protects tissues against damage caused by radiation and heavy metals. (NCI04)
Source: Diseases Database

Histidine: essential amino acid that contains the imidazole ring system.
Source: CRISP

Histidine: An essential amino acid that is required for the production of HISTAMINE.
Source: MeSH 2007

Histidine: Related Topics

These medical condition or symptom topics may be relevant to medical information for Histidine:

• Semi
• Essential
• Acid
• Food
• Food symptoms (1907 causes)
• Growth
• Growth symptoms (2485 causes)
• Growth disease
• Growth disorder
• Growth problem (2485 causes)

Terms associated with Histidine:

More specific terms for Histidine:

• Ergothioneine
• Methylhistidines

Source - MeSH 2007

Broader terms for Histidine

• Amino Acids, Cyclic
• Amino Acids, Essential

Source - MeSH 2007

• cyclic aminoacid
• primary aminoacid

Source - CRISP

The term Histidine can be used for:

• histidase
• histidine ammonia lyase

Source: CRISP

Other terms that may be related to Histidine:

• essential aminoacid

Source: CRISP

Hierarchical classifications of Histidine

The following list attempts to classify Histidine into categories where each line is subset of the next.

MeSH 2007 Hierarchy:

• Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins
  • Amino Acids
    • Amino Acids, Cyclic
      • Histidine

MeSH 2007 Hierarchy

• Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins
  • Amino Acids
    • Amino Acids, Essential
      • Histidine

External links related to: Histidine

• Amino acid - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Source: Diseases Database

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