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

Preferred term

Scorpion Venoms  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Scorpion Toxin
  • Scorpion Toxins
  • Scorpion Venom
  • Toxin, Scorpion
  • Venom, Scorpion

Note

  • /antag permitted but consider also ANTIVENINS; /enzymol permitted

Scope note

  • Venoms from animals of the order Scorpionida of the class Arachnida. They contain neuro- and hemotoxins, enzymes, and various other factors that may release acetylcholine and catecholamines from nerve endings. Of the several protein toxins that have been characterized, most are immunogenic.

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D012604

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