"Crotalid Venoms" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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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.
| Descriptor ID |
D003435
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D20.888.850.960.200 D23.946.833.850.960.200
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| Concept/Terms |
Crotalid Venoms- Crotalid Venoms
- Venoms, Crotalid
- Pit Viper Venoms
- Venoms, Pit Viper
- Pit Viper Venom
- Venom, Pit Viper
- Viper Venom, Pit
- Crotalid Venom
- Venom, Crotalid
Rattlesnake Venoms- Rattlesnake Venoms
- Venoms, Rattlesnake
- Rattlesnake Venom
- Venom, Rattlesnake
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