"Farnesol" 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.
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)
| Descriptor ID |
D005204
|
| MeSH Number(s) |
D02.033.415.400 D02.455.849.765.424 D10.289.400
|
| Concept/Terms |
|
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Farnesol".
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Farnesol".
This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Farnesol" by people in this website by year, and whether "Farnesol" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
To see the data from this visualization as text,
click here.
| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
|---|
| 2000 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
To return to the timeline,
click here.
Below are the most recent publications written about "Farnesol" by people in Profiles.
-
Cugini C, Morales DK, Hogan DA. Candida albicans-produced farnesol stimulates Pseudomonas quinolone signal production in LasR-defective Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains. Microbiology (Reading). 2010 Oct; 156(Pt 10):3096-3107.
-
Cugini C, Calfee MW, Farrow JM, Morales DK, Pesci EC, Hogan DA. Farnesol, a common sesquiterpene, inhibits PQS production in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Mol Microbiol. 2007 Aug; 65(4):896-906.
-
Woodard B, Clark S, Saleh MA. 3D-QSAR of fungal quorum-sensing inhibiting analogs of farnesol. J Environ Sci Health B. 2007 Mar-Apr; 42(3):271-7.
-
Ramage G, Saville SP, Wickes BL, L?pez-Ribot JL. Inhibition of Candida albicans biofilm formation by farnesol, a quorum-sensing molecule. Appl Environ Microbiol. 2002 Nov; 68(11):5459-63.
-
Bringmann A, Skatchkov SN, Faude F, Enzmann V, Reichenbach A. Farnesol modulates membrane currents in human retinal glial cells. J Neurosci Res. 2000 Nov 01; 62(3):396-402.