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MeSH Heading: Histatins
Tree Number(s): D12.644.050.450; D12.644.066.500.450; D12.644.848.500; D12.776.543.695.054.450; D12.776.850.550
Unique ID: D054808
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D054808
Scope Note: A group of small, histidine-rich, cationic peptides in human SALIVA which are antibacterial and antifungal.
Entry Term(s): Histatin
Registry Numbers: 0
Public MeSH Note: 2008
History Note: 2008
Date Established: 2008/01/01
Date of Entry: 2007/07/09
Revision Date: 2021/05/10

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)

deficiency (DF)

drug effects (DE)

economics (EC)

genetics (GE)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

isolation & purification (IP)

metabolism (ME)

pharmacokinetics (PK)

pharmacology (PD)

physiology (PH)

poisoning (PO)

radiation effects (RE)

standards (ST)

supply & distribution (SD)

therapeutic use (TU)

toxicity (TO)

urine (UR)

Histatins MeSH Descriptor Data 2025