| Qualifier English: | antagonists & inhibitors | ||||
| Qualifier Spanish: | antagonistas & inhibidores 
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| Qualifier Portuguese: | antagonistas & inibidores | ||||
| Qualifier French: | antagonistes et inhibiteurs | ||||
| Entry term(s): | antagonists antagonists and inhibitors inhibitors | ||||
| RDF Unique Identifier: | https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/Q000037 | ||||
| Scope note: | Used with chemicals, drugs, and endogenous substances to indicate substances or agents which counteract their biological effects by any mechanism. | ||||
| Annotation: | subheading only; for exogenous & endogenous substances; do not confuse with /agonists | ||||
| Allowable Qualifiers: | No qualifiers | ||||
| Online Note: | search policy: Online Manual; use: main heading/AI or AI (SH) or SUBS APPLY AI | ||||
| History Note: | 68; used with Category D 1968-89; D1-24 1990 forward | ||||
| Entry Version: | ANTAG | ||||
| Abbreviation: | AI | ||||
| DeCS ID: | 22006 | ||||
| Unique ID: | Q000037 | ||||
| Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): | Click here to access the VHL documents | ||||
| Date Established: | 1968/01/01 | ||||
| Date of Entry: | 1973/12/27 | ||||
| Revision Date: | 2017/04/11 | 
                        
                                                                    
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                | Concept UI | M0030247 | 
| Scope note | Used with chemicals, drugs, and endogenous substances to indicate substances or agents which counteract their biological effects by any mechanism. | 
| Preferred term | antagonists & inhibitors | 
| Entry term(s) | antagonists and inhibitors | 
| Concept UI | M0030249 | 
| Preferred term | inhibitors | 
| Concept UI | M0030248 | 
| Preferred term | antagonists | 
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