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Descriptor English: Crotalid Venoms
Descriptor Spanish: Venenos de Crotálidos
Descriptor venenos de crotálidos
Entry term(s) veneno de Bothrops
veneno de crotálido
venenos de Crotalidae
venenos de cascabel
venenos de crotálido
venenos de crótalos
venenos de serpiente de cascabel
venenos de víbora hoyo
Scope note: Venenos de serpientes de la subfamilia Crotalinae, o crótalos, que habitan principalmente en América. Entre ellas se encuentran la serpiente de cascabel, la mocasín de agua, la serpiente de terciopelo, la serpiente de cascabel muda y la cobra americana. Sus venenos contienen proteínas no tóxicas, así como cardiotoxinas, hemotoxinas, citotoxinas y neurotoxinas, además de muchas enzimas, especialmente la fosfolipasa A. Se han tipificado muchas de las toxinas.
Descriptor Portuguese: Venenos de Crotalídeos
Descriptor French: Venins de crotalidé
Entry term(s): Bothrops Venom
Crotactin
Crotalid Venom
Crotalidae Venoms
Crotalin
Crotaline Snake Venom
Crotalotoxin
Crotamin
Pit Viper Venom
Pit Viper Venoms
Rattlesnake Venom
Rattlesnake Venoms
Snake Venom, Crotaline
Venom, Bothrops
Venom, Crotalid
Venom, Crotaline Snake
Venom, Pit Viper
Venom, Rattlesnake
Venoms, Crotalid
Venoms, Pit Viper
Venoms, Rattlesnake
Viper Venom, Pit
Tree number(s): D20.888.850.960.200
D23.946.833.850.960.200
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D003435
Scope note: Venoms from snakes of the subfamily Crotalinae or pit vipers, found mostly in the Americas. They include the rattlesnake, cottonmouth, fer-de-lance, bushmaster, and American copperhead. Their venoms contain nontoxic proteins, cardio-, hemo-, cyto-, and neurotoxins, and many enzymes, especially phospholipases A. Many of the toxins have been characterized.
Annotation: from pit vipers (rattlesnake, cottonmouth, etc.); /antag permitted but consider also ANTIVENINS; /enzymology permitted; TN 241: common & scientific names of various crotalids
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: Snake Venoms (1975-1977)
Snakes (1966-1974)
Venoms (1966-1974)
Public MeSH Note: 78
History Note: 78
DeCS ID: 3452
Unique ID: D003435
NLM Classification: WD 410
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1978/01/01
Date of Entry: 1977/04/22
Revision Date: 2020/05/27
Crotalid Venoms - Preferred
Concept UI M0005352
Scope note Venoms from snakes of the subfamily Crotalinae or pit vipers, found mostly in the Americas. They include the rattlesnake, cottonmouth, fer-de-lance, bushmaster, and American copperhead. Their venoms contain nontoxic proteins, cardio-, hemo-, cyto-, and neurotoxins, and many enzymes, especially phospholipases A. Many of the toxins have been characterized.
Preferred term Crotalid Venoms
Entry term(s) Crotalid Venom
Crotalidae Venoms
Pit Viper Venom
Pit Viper Venoms
Venom, Crotalid
Venom, Pit Viper
Venoms, Crotalid
Venoms, Pit Viper
Viper Venom, Pit
Crotalin - Narrower
Concept UI M0005355
Preferred term Crotalin
Crotaline Snake Venom - Narrower
Concept UI M0005356
Preferred term Crotaline Snake Venom
Entry term(s) Snake Venom, Crotaline
Venom, Crotaline Snake
Rattlesnake Venoms - Narrower
Concept UI M0005353
Preferred term Rattlesnake Venoms
Entry term(s) Rattlesnake Venom
Venom, Rattlesnake
Venoms, Rattlesnake
Crotamin - Narrower
Concept UI M0005358
Preferred term Crotamin
Crotactin - Narrower
Concept UI M0005354
Preferred term Crotactin
Crotalotoxin - Narrower
Concept UI M0005357
Preferred term Crotalotoxin
Bothrops Venom - Broader
Concept UI M000679869
Preferred term Bothrops Venom
Entry term(s) Venom, Bothrops



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