Preferred Label : crotalid venoms;
MeSH definition : Venoms from snakes of the subfamily Crotalinae or pit vipers, found mostly in the
Americas. They include the rattlesnake, cottonmouth, fer-de-lance, bushmaster, and
American copperhead. Their venoms contain nontoxic proteins, cardio-, hemo-, cyto-,
and neurotoxins, and many enzymes, especially phospholipases A. Many of the toxins
have been characterized.;
MeSH synonym : venoms, pit viper; venoms, crotalid; pit viper venoms; pit viper venom; venom, pit viper; viper venom, pit; crotalid venom; venom, crotalid; Crotalidae Venoms; Venoms, Crotalidae;
MeSH Hyperonym : Venom, Bothrops;
MeSH hyponym : crotalin; crotaline snake venom; crotamin; crotalotoxin; rattlesnake venoms; crotactin; Snake Venom, Crotaline; Venom, Crotaline Snake; Venoms, Rattlesnake; Rattlesnake Venom; Venom, Rattlesnake; Venom, Bothrops jararaca; Venom, Bothrops;
MeSH annotation : from pit vipers (rattlesnake, cottonmouth, etc.); /antag permitted but consider also
ANTIVENINS; /enzymology permitted; TN 241: common & scientific names of various crotalids;
Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crotalid venoms;
Is substance : O;
Origin ID : D003435;
UMLS CUI : C0010369;
- Allowable qualifiers
- False automatic mappings
- Indexing information
- acutin [MeSH Supplementary Concept]
- aharin [MeSH Supplementary Concept]
- grambin [MeSH Supplementary Concept]
- kistrin [MeSH Supplementary Concept]
- Record concept(s)
- Related MeSH Supplementary Concept(s)
- BnSP-6 [MeSH Supplementary Concept]
- FIIa [MeSH Supplementary Concept]
- accutin [MeSH Supplementary Concept]
- gyroxin [MeSH Supplementary Concept]
- halysin [MeSH Supplementary Concept]
- Semantic type(s)
- UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Validated automatic mappings to BTNT
Venoms from snakes of the subfamily Crotalinae or pit vipers, found mostly in the
Americas. They include the rattlesnake, cottonmouth, fer-de-lance, bushmaster, and
American copperhead. Their venoms contain nontoxic proteins, cardio-, hemo-, cyto-,
and neurotoxins, and many enzymes, especially phospholipases A. Many of the toxins
have been characterized.