Structured Summary
Abstract
Specific substances elaborated by plants, microorganisms or animals that cause damage to the skin; they may be proteins or other specific factors or substances; constituents of spider, jellyfish or other venoms cause dermonecrosis and certain bacteria synthesize dermolytic agents.
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Synonyms
2 entry terms
- Dermatotoxins
- Epidermotoxins
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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
/antag permitted but consider also ANTITOXINS; coord IM with source of dermotoxin (IM or NIM); do not use for dermatoxicity of various chemicals & drugs ( = SKIN /drug eff or skin dis heading /chem ind + Cat D term /adv eff-pois-tox)
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Previous Indexing
- Skin (1966-1977)
- Toxins (1966-1977)
- specific skin heading (1966-1977)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Dermotoxins. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D003885. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D003885
- Dermotoxins. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q50429970