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Descriptor English: Exotoxins
Descriptor Spanish: Exotoxinas
Descriptor exotoxinas
Scope note: Toxinas producidas especialmente por células bacterianas o micóticas, y que se liberan en el medio de cultivo o en el medio ambiente.
Descriptor Portuguese: Exotoxinas
Descriptor French: Exotoxines
Entry term(s): Exotoxin
Tree number(s): D23.946.350
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D005098
Scope note: Toxins produced, especially by bacterial or fungal cells, and released into the culture medium or environment.
Annotation: bacterial or fungal toxins; /antag permitted but consider also ANTITOXINS: coord IM with source of exotoxin (IM or NIM)
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
Previous Indexing: Bacterial Toxins (1977)
Toxins (1966-1977)
Public MeSH Note: 78
History Note: 78
DeCS ID: 5196
Unique ID: D005098
NLM Classification: QW 630
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: 2005/06/30
Exotoxins - Preferred
Concept UI M0008039
Scope note Toxins produced, especially by bacterial or fungal cells, and released into the culture medium or environment.
Preferred term Exotoxins
Entry term(s) Exotoxin



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