Substance Groupers Based on Structure

Most distal appropriate descendant of 312413002 |Substance categorized by structure (substance)|

(substance)

Primitive

None

Use the following pattern for the FSN. Groupers are expressed in the singular, i.e., compound not compounds.

Examples of substances that represent a structural grouper:

• Organic nitrogen compound (substance)

• Halide compound (substance)

• Triazine derivative (substance)

• Copper and/or copper compound (substance)

• Phenothiazine and/or phenothiazine derivative (substance)

• Nucleotide (substance)

Where the same word is used to identify both a group of substances with a particular chemical structure and a particular chemical substance, the following terming for the FSN is used for the substance grouper concept.

Substance with X structure (substance)

For example,

• Substance with tetracycline structure (substance)

• Substance with cresol structure (substance)

• Substance with benzene structure (substance)
  
  

Use the following pattern for the Preferred Term.

For example,

• Organic nitrogen compound

• Halide compound

• Triazine derivative

• Copper and/or copper compound

• Phenothiazine and/or phenothioazine derivative

• Nucleotide

Where the same word is used to identify both a group of substances with a particular chemical structure and a particular chemical substance the following pattern will be used for PT the substance grouper concept.

Substance with X structure

For example,

• Substance with tetracycline structure

• Substance with cresol structure

• Substance with benzene structure

Additional synonyms are not allowed unless explicitly identified as an exception in the editorial guidelines.