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MeSH Heading: Crotalid Venoms
Tree Number(s): D20.888.850.960.200; D23.946.833.850.960.200
Unique ID: D003435
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D003435
Annotation: from pit vipers (rattlesnake, cottonmouth, etc.); /‌antag permitted but consider also ANTIVENINS; /‌enzymology permitted; TN 241: common & scientific names of various crotalids
Scope Note: Venoms from snakes of the subfamily Crotalinae or pit vipers, found mostly in the Americas. They include the rattlesnake, cottonmouth, fer-de-lance, bushmaster, and American copperhead. Their venoms contain nontoxic proteins, cardio-, hemo-, cyto-, and neurotoxins, and many enzymes, especially phospholipases A. Many of the toxins have been characterized.
Entry Term(s): Bothrops Venom; Crotactin; Crotalid Venom; Crotalidae Venoms; Crotalin; Crotaline Snake Venom; Crotalotoxin; Crotamin; Pit Viper Venom; Pit Viper Venoms; Rattlesnake Venom; Rattlesnake Venoms
Registry Numbers: 0
NLM Classification #: QW 630.5.V4
Previous Indexing: Snakes (1966-1974); Snake Venoms (1975-1977); Venoms (1966-1974)
Public MeSH Note: 78
History Note: 78
Date Established: 1978/01/01
Date of Entry: 1977/04/22
Revision Date: 2023/04/05

Allowable Qualifiers: administration & dosage (AD)

adverse effects (AE)

agonists (AG)

analysis (AN)

antagonists & inhibitors (AI)

biosynthesis (BI)

blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemical synthesis (CS)

chemistry (CH)

classification (CL)

economics (EC)

enzymology (EN)

genetics (GE)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

isolation & purification (IP)

metabolism (ME)

pharmacokinetics (PK)

pharmacology (PD)

poisoning (PO)

radiation effects (RE)

therapeutic use (TU)

toxicity (TO)

urine (UR)

Concept UI: M0005352
Registry Numbers: 0
Scope Note: Venoms from snakes of the subfamily Crotalinae or pit vipers, found mostly in the Americas. They include the rattlesnake, cottonmouth, fer-de-lance, bushmaster, and American copperhead. Their venoms contain nontoxic proteins, cardio-, hemo-, cyto-, and neurotoxins, and many enzymes, especially phospholipases A. Many of the toxins have been characterized.
Terms: Crotalid Venoms Preferred Term
Term UI T010000
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1978); Crotalid Venom
Term UI T009999
Date02/17/1998
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1999); Pit Viper Venom
Term UI T010001
Date02/17/1998
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1999); Pit Viper Venoms
Term UI T010002
Date04/18/1977
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID UNK (19XX); Crotalidae Venoms
Term UI T001132406
Date01/29/2023
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2024)

Crotalid Venoms MeSH Descriptor Data 2025