DeCS

Descriptor English:

Drug Agonism

Descriptor Spanish:

Agonismo de Drogas

Spanish from Spain

Descriptor	agonismo farmacológico
Entry term(s)	agonismo de fármacos agonismo de medicamentos agonismo medicamentoso
Scope note:	Fenómenos y farmacéutica de los compuestos que se unen selectivamente a un receptor específico y desencadenan una respuesta. Imitan la acción de las moléculas bioquímicas endógenas. Su efecto puede ser contrarrestado por los antagonistas (ANTAGONISMO FARMACOLÓGICO).

Descriptor Portuguese:

Agonismo de Drogas

Descriptor French:

Agonisme des médicaments

Entry term(s):

Agonisme en pharmacologie
Agonisme médicamenteux

Tree number(s):

G07.690.773.968.154

RDF Unique Identifier:

https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D054313

Scope note:

Phenomena and pharmaceutics of compounds that selectively bind to a specific receptor and trigger a response. They mimic the action of endogenous biochemical molecules. Their effect can be countered by antagonists (DRUG ANTAGONISM).

Annotation:

general only; prefer specific drug with / agon; DRUG PARTIAL AGONISM and DRUG INVERSE AGONISM are also available

Allowable Qualifiers:

No qualifiers

DeCS ID:

52907

Unique ID:

D054313

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Date Established:

2008/01/01