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MeSH Heading: Aflatoxins
Tree Number(s): D03.383.663.283.119; D03.633.100.150.119; D23.946.587.142
Unique ID: D000348
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000348
Annotation: /antag permitted but consider also ANTITOXINS
Scope Note: Furano-furano-benzopyrans that are produced by ASPERGILLUS from STERIGMATOCYSTIN. They are structurally related to COUMARINS and easily oxidized to an epoxide form to become ALKYLATING AGENTS. Members of the group include AFLATOXIN B1; aflatoxin B2, aflatoxin G1, aflatoxin G2; AFLATOXIN M1; and aflatoxin M2.
Entry Term(s): Aflatoxin
Pharm Action: Poisons
NLM Classification #: QW 630.5.M9
Public MeSH Note: 75; was AFLATOXIN 1967-74
Online Note: use AFLATOXINS to search AFLATOXIN 1966-74
History Note: 75; was AFLATOXIN 1965-74 (Prov 1965-66)
Date Established: 1967/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2018/06/29

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)

genetics (GE)

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immunology (IM)

isolation & purification (IP)

metabolism (ME)

pharmacokinetics (PK)

pharmacology (PD)

poisoning (PO)

radiation effects (RE)

standards (ST)

supply & distribution (SD)

therapeutic use (TU)

toxicity (TO)

urine (UR)

Aflatoxins MeSH Descriptor Data 2024