Chemicals and Drugs

Autacoids

A chemically diverse group of substances produced by various tissues in the body that cause slow contraction of smooth muscle; they have other intense but varied pharmacologic activities.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

A chemically diverse group of substances produced by various tissues in the body that cause slow contraction of smooth muscle; they have other intense but varied pharmacologic activities.

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Synonyms

7 entry terms
  • Autacoid
  • Slow-Reacting Substance
  • Slow-Reacting Substances
  • Slow Reacting Substance
  • Slow Reacting Substances
  • Substance, Slow-Reacting
  • Substances, Slow-Reacting

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Aspects Covered

28 allowable subheadings

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

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Indexing Annotation

general or unspecified; prefer specifics

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History Note

95; was SLOW-REACTING SUBSTANCES 1967-94 (Prov 1967-73); AUTACOIDS was see SLOW-REACTING SUBSTANCES 1978-94

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Previous Indexing

  • Muscle, Smooth/physiology (1966)
  • specific tissue (1966)

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Tree Number

  1. D23.469.050w

AMA Style

References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Autacoids. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D012898. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D012898
  2. Autacoids. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autacoid
  3. Autacoids. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q424673