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Descriptor English: Batrachotoxins
Descriptor Spanish: Batracotoxinas
Descriptor batracotoxinas
Scope note: La batracotoxina es el 20-alfa-bromobenzoato de la batracotoxina A. Son toxinas del veneno de una pequeña rana de Colombia, Phyllobates aurotaenia, que producen la liberación de acetilcolina, destrucción de las vesículas sinápticas y despolarización de las fibras nerviosas y musculares.
Descriptor Portuguese: Batraquiotoxinas
Descriptor French: Batrachotoxines
Entry term(s): Batrachotoxin B
Tree number(s): D20.888.033.112
D23.946.833.033.112
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D001496
Scope note: Batrachotoxin is the 20-alpha-bromobenzoate of batrachotoxin A; they are toxins from the venom of a small Colombian frog, Phyllobates aurotaenia, cause release of acetylcholine, destruction of synaptic vesicles and depolarization of nerve and muscle fibers.
Annotation: from frogs; /antag permitted but consider also ANTITOXINS
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
DF deficiency
EC economics
GE genetics
HI history
IM immunology
IP isolation & purification
ME metabolism
PD pharmacology
PH physiology
PK pharmacokinetics
PO poisoning
RE radiation effects
SD supply & distribution
ST standards
TO toxicity
TU therapeutic use
UR urine
Public MeSH Note: 74
History Note: 74
DeCS ID: 1516
Unique ID: D001496
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Date Established: 1974/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2016/06/28
Batrachotoxins - Preferred
Concept UI M0002230
Scope note Batrachotoxin is the 20-alpha-bromobenzoate of batrachotoxin A; they are toxins from the venom of a small Colombian frog, Phyllobates aurotaenia, cause release of acetylcholine, destruction of synaptic vesicles and depolarization of nerve and muscle fibers.
Preferred term Batrachotoxins
Entry term(s) Batrachotoxin B



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