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

Preferred term

Snake Venoms  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Duvernoy Gland Secretion
  • Duvernoy Secretion
  • Duvernoy's Gland Secretion
  • Duvernoys Gland Secretion
  • Duvernoy's Secretion
  • Duvernoys Secretion
  • Secretion, Duvernoy's
  • Secretion, Duvernoy's Gland
  • Snake Venom
  • Venom, Snake

Note

  • general or unspecified; prefer specifics; coordinate with specific available snake family or genus; /antag permitted but consider also ANTIVENINS; do not use qualifers when coordinating with ANTIVENINS

Scope note

  • Solutions or mixtures of toxic and nontoxic substances elaborated by snake (Ophidia) salivary glands (Duvernoy's gland) for the purpose of killing prey or disabling predators and delivered by grooved or hollow fangs. They usually contain enzymes, toxins, and other factors.

History note

  • 76(75); was see under VENOMS 1975

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D012910

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