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.