Structured Summary
Abstract
Solutions or mixtures of toxic and nontoxic substances elaborated by snake (Ophidia) salivary glands (Duvernoy's gland) for the purpose of killing prey or disabling predators and delivered by grooved or hollow fangs. They usually contain enzymes, toxins, and other factors.
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13 entry terms
- Duvernoy's Gland Secretion
- Duvernoy's Secretion
- Snake Venom
- Duvernoy Gland Secretion
- Duvernoy Secretion
- Duvernoys Gland Secretion
- Duvernoys Secretion
- Secretion, Duvernoy's
- Secretion, Duvernoy's Gland
- Venom, Snake
- Snake Toxin
- Snake Toxins
- Toxin, Snake
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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
general or unspecified; prefer specifics; coordinate with specific available snake family or genus; /antag permitted but consider also ANTIVENINS; do not use qualifers when coordinating with ANTIVENINS
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History Note
76(75); was see under VENOMS 1975
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Previous Indexing
- Venoms (1968-1974)
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QW 630.5.V4
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Snake Venoms. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D012910. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D012910
- Snake Venoms. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snake_venom
- Snake Venoms. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q424200