Chemicals and Drugs

Ant Venoms

Venoms from the superfamily Formicoidea, Ants. They may contain protein factors and toxins, histamine, enzymes, and alkaloids and are often allergenic or immunogenic.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

Venoms from the superfamily Formicoidea, Ants. They may contain protein factors and toxins, histamine, enzymes, and alkaloids and are often allergenic or immunogenic.

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Synonyms

7 entry terms
  • Ant Venom
  • Formicoidea Venoms
  • Venom, Ant
  • Venoms, Ant
  • Venoms, Formicoidea
  • Fire Ant Venoms
  • Venoms, Fire Ant

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Aspects Covered

25 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings administration & dosage, adverse effects, agonists, analysis, antagonists & inhibitors, biosynthesis, blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemical synthesis, chemistry, classification, economics, enzymology, genetics, history, immunology, isolation & purification, metabolism, pharmacokinetics, pharmacology, poisoning, radiation effects, therapeutic use, toxicity, urine.

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Indexing Annotation

/antag permitted but consider also ANTIVENINS; /enzymol permitted

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History Note

91(78); was see under ARTHROPOD VENOMS 1978-90

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Previous Indexing

  • Ants (1966-1977)
  • Venoms (1966-1977)

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Tree Numbers

  1. D20.888w.065.055
  2. D23.946w.833w.065.055

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NLM Classification

QW 630.5.V4

AMA Style

References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Ant Venoms. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D000862. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D000862
  2. Ant Venoms. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q75034051