Chemicals and Drugs

Dermotoxins

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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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

  1. National Library of Medicine. Dermotoxins. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D003885. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D003885
  2. Dermotoxins. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q50429970