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MeSH Heading: Enterotoxins
Tree Number(s): D23.946.330
Unique ID: D004768
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D004768
Annotation: /antag permitted but consider also ANTITOXINS; coordinate with specific microorganism
Scope Note: Substances that are toxic to the intestinal tract causing vomiting, diarrhea, etc.; most common enterotoxins are produced by bacteria.
Entry Term(s): Enterotoxin; Staphylococcal Enterotoxin; Staphylococcal Enterotoxins
NLM Classification #: QW 630.5.E6
See Also: Receptors, Enterotoxin; Staphylococcal Food Poisoning
Public MeSH Note: 68
Online Note: use ENTEROTOXINS to search ENTEROTOXIN 1966-67 (as Prov)
History Note: 68; was ENTEROTOXIN 1964-67 (Prov)
Date Established: 1968/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2020/05/27

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)

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)

Enterotoxins MeSH Descriptor Data 2025