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Fluids and Secretions > Bodily Secretions > Venoms > Mollusk Venoms
Biological Factors > Toxins, Biological > Venoms > Mollusk Venoms
Complex Mixtures > Venoms > Mollusk Venoms
Biological Factors > Toxins, Biological > Marine Toxins > Mollusk Venoms

Preferred term

Mollusk Venoms  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Mollusc Venoms
  • Mollusk Venom
  • Venom, Mollusk
  • Venoms, Mollusc

Note

  • /antag permitted but consider also ANTIVENINS; /enzymol permitted; coordinate IM with specific mollusk (IM or NIM)

Scope note

  • Venoms from mollusks, including CONUS and OCTOPUS species. The venoms contain proteins, enzymes, choline derivatives, slow-reacting substances, and several characterized polypeptide toxins that affect the nervous system. Mollusk venoms include cephalotoxin, venerupin, maculotoxin, surugatoxin, conotoxins, and murexine.

History note

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D008978

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