| Qualifier in English: | agonists |
| Qualifier in Spanish: | agonistas |
| Qualifier in Portuguese: | agonistas |
| Qualifier in French: | agonistes |
| Scope note: | Used with chemicals, drugs, and endogenous substances to indicate substances or agents that have affinity for a receptor and intrinsic activity at that receptor. (From Textbook of Pharmacology, 1991, p.16) |
| Annotation: | subhead only; for exogenous & endogenous substances; do not confuse with /antagonists & inhibitors; see MeSH scope note in Introduction; indexing policy: Manual 19.8.4; DF: /agon or /AG |
| Online Note: | search policy: Online Manual; use: main heading/AG or AG (SH) or SUBS APPLY AG |
| History Note: | 95; used with Category D 1995 forward |
| Entry Version: |
AGON |
| Abbreviation: | AG |
| DeCS UI: | 32387 |
| Descriptor UI: | Q000819 |
| Date Established: | 1995/01/01 |
| Date of Entry: | 1994/06/01 |
| Revision Date: | 2003/07/22 |
agonists
- Preferred
| Concept UI |
M0030947 |
| Scope note | Used with chemicals, drugs, and endogenous substances to indicate substances or agents that have affinity for a receptor and intrinsic activity at that receptor. (From Textbook of Pharmacology, 1991, p.16) |
| Preferred term | agonists |
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