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Drug Antagonism MeSH Descriptor Data 2025


MeSH Heading
Drug Antagonism
Tree Number(s)
G07.690.773.968.310
Unique ID
D004336
RDF Unique Identifier
http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D004336
Annotation
general only; prefer specific drug with /‌antag
Scope Note
Phenomena and pharmaceutics of compounds that inhibit the function of agonists (DRUG AGONISM) and inverse agonists (DRUG INVERSE AGONISM) for a specific receptor. On their own, antagonists produce no effect by themselves to a receptor, and are said to have neither intrinsic activity nor efficacy.
Entry Version
DRUG ANTAG
NLM Classification #
QV 37.5
See Also
Narcotic Antagonists
Public MeSH Note
68
History Note
68(66)
Date Established
1968/01/01
Date of Entry
1999/01/01
Revision Date
2019/05/24

No Qualifiers
Drug Antagonism Preferred
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