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MeSH Heading: Biological Assay
Tree Number(s): E05.091
Unique ID: D001681
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D001681
Annotation: assays using living-matter intermediate; check text: not all "bioassays" are MeSH term BIOLOGICAL ASSAY
Scope Note: A method of measuring the effects of a biologically active substance using an intermediate in vivo or in vitro tissue or cell model under controlled conditions. It includes virulence studies in animal fetuses in utero, mouse convulsion bioassay of insulin, quantitation of tumor-initiator systems in mouse skin, calculation of potentiating effects of a hormonal factor in an isolated strip of contracting stomach muscle, etc.
Entry Version: BIOL ASSAY
Entry Term(s): Assay, Biological; Assays, Biological; Bioassay; Biologic Assay; Biologic Assays
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 1992/03/25

Allowable Qualifiers: adverse effects (AE)

classification (CL)

economics (EC)

ethics (ES)

history (HI)

instrumentation (IS)

methods (MT)

mortality (MO)

nursing (NU)

psychology (PX)

standards (ST)

statistics & numerical data (SN)

trends (TD)

veterinary (VE)

Concept UI: M0002520
Scope Note: A method of measuring the effects of a biologically active substance using an intermediate in vivo or in vitro tissue or cell model under controlled conditions. It includes virulence studies in animal fetuses in utero, mouse convulsion bioassay of insulin, quantitation of tumor-initiator systems in mouse skin, calculation of potentiating effects of a hormonal factor in an isolated strip of contracting stomach muscle, etc.
Terms: Biological Assay Preferred Term
Term UI T004854
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1966); Bioassay
Term UI T004851
Date06/23/1986
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID UNK (19XX); Assay, Biological
Term UI T004852
Date08/31/1989
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1990); Assays, Biological
Term UI T004853
Date04/11/1988
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID UNK (19XX); Biologic Assay
Term UI T004855
Date06/26/1978
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID UNK (19XX); Biologic Assays
Term UI T004856
Date04/11/1988
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID UNK (19XX)

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