Chemicals and Drugs

Tissue Extracts

Preparations made from animal tissues or organs (ANIMAL STRUCTURES). They usually contain many components, any one of which may be pharmacologically or physiologically active. Tissue extracts may contain specific, but uncharacterized factors or proteins with specific actions.

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Abstract

Preparations made from animal tissues or organs (ANIMAL STRUCTURES). They usually contain many components, any one of which may be pharmacologically or physiologically active. Tissue extracts may contain specific, but uncharacterized factors or proteins with specific actions.

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  • Extracts, Tissue

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28 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings administration & dosage, adverse effects, agonists, analysis, antagonists & inhibitors, biosynthesis, blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemical synthesis, chemistry, classification, deficiency, economics, genetics, history, immunology, isolation & purification, metabolism, pharmacokinetics, pharmacology, physiology, poisoning, radiation effects, standards, supply & distribution, therapeutic use, toxicity, urine.

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not for chemical substances "extracted" from tissues (= specific chemical + organ or tissue /chem)

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  1. D20.777

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Tissue Extracts. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D014020. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D014020
  2. Tissue Extracts. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q76877472