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Descriptor English: Snake Venoms
Descriptor Spanish: Venenos de Serpiente
Descriptor venenos de serpientes
Entry term(s) toxina de serpiente
toxinas de serpiente
Scope note: Soluciones o mezclas de sustancias tóxicas y no tóxicas producidas por las glándulas salivales de las serpientes (Ophidia) con el fin de matar a la presa o incapacitar a los depredadores y que son liberadas por colmillos con canales o agujeros. Suelen contener enzimas, toxinas y otros factores.
Descriptor Portuguese: Venenos de Serpentes
Descriptor French: Venins de serpent
Entry term(s): Snake Toxin
Snake Toxins
Snake Venom
Toxin, Snake
Toxins, Snake
Venom, Snake
Venoms, Snake
Tree number(s): D20.888.850
D23.946.833.850
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D012910
Scope note: Solutions or mixtures of toxic and nontoxic substances elaborated by snake (Ophidia) salivary glands for the purpose of killing prey or disabling predators and delivered by grooved or hollow fangs. They usually contain enzymes, toxins, and other factors.
Annotation: general or unspecified; prefer specifics; coordinate with specific available snake family or genus; /antag permitted but consider also ANTIVENINS; do not use qualifers when coordinating with ANTIVENINS
Allowable Qualifiers: AD administration & dosage
AE adverse effects
AG agonists
AI antagonists & inhibitors
AN analysis
BI biosynthesis
BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CH chemistry
CL classification
CS chemical synthesis
EC economics
EN enzymology
GE genetics
HI history
IM immunology
IP isolation & purification
ME metabolism
PD pharmacology
PK pharmacokinetics
PO poisoning
RE radiation effects
TO toxicity
TU therapeutic use
UR urine
Previous Indexing: Venoms (1968-1974)
Public MeSH Note: 76; was see under VENOMS 1975
History Note: 76(75); was see under VENOMS 1975
Related: Antivenins MeSH
DeCS ID: 13291
Unique ID: D012910
NLM Classification: WD 410
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1976/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2020/05/27
Snake Venoms - Preferred
Concept UI M0019988
Scope note Solutions or mixtures of toxic and nontoxic substances elaborated by snake (Ophidia) salivary glands for the purpose of killing prey or disabling predators and delivered by grooved or hollow fangs. They usually contain enzymes, toxins, and other factors.
Preferred term Snake Venoms
Entry term(s) Snake Venom
Venom, Snake
Venoms, Snake
Snake Toxins - Narrower
Concept UI M000679697
Preferred term Snake Toxins
Entry term(s) Snake Toxin
Toxin, Snake
Toxins, Snake



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