 Amphibian Venoms
"Amphibian Venoms" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Venoms produced by frogs, toads, salamanders, etc. The venom glands are usually on the skin of the back and contain cardiotoxic glycosides, cholinolytics, and a number of other bioactive materials, many of which have been characterized. The venoms have been used as arrow poisons and include bufogenin, bufotoxin, bufagin, bufotalin, histrionicotoxins, and pumiliotoxin.
| Descriptor ID |
D000664
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D20.888.033 D23.946.833.033
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| Concept/Terms |
Amphibian Venoms- Amphibian Venoms
- Venoms, Amphibian
- Amphibian Venom
- Venom, Amphibian
Frog Venoms- Frog Venoms
- Venoms, Frog
- Frog Venom
- Venom, Frog
Toad Venom- Toad Venom
- Venom, Toad
- Toad Venoms
- Venoms, Toad
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Bawolak MT, Roy C, Gera L, Marceau F. Prolonged signalling and trafficking of the bradykinin B2 receptor stimulated with the amphibian peptide maximakinin: insight into the endosomal inactivation of kinins. Pharmacol Res. 2012 Feb; 65(2):247-53.
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