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Fluids and Secretions > Bodily Secretions > Venoms > Arthropod Venoms > Bee Venoms
Biological Factors > Toxins, Biological > Venoms > Arthropod Venoms > Bee Venoms
Complex Mixtures > Venoms > Arthropod Venoms > Bee Venoms

Preferred term

Bee Venoms  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Apis Venoms
  • Bee Venom
  • Venom, Bee
  • Venoms, Apis

Note

  • /antag permitted but consider also ANTIVENINS; /ther use: coordinate with APITHERAPY

Scope note

  • Toxins obtained from Apis mellifera (honey bee) and related species. They contain various enzymes, polypeptide toxins, and other substances, some of which are allergenic or immunogenic or both. These venoms were formerly used in rheumatism to stimulate the pituitary-adrenal system.

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D001514

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