Chemicals and Drugs

Toxoids

Preparations of pathogenic organisms or their derivatives made nontoxic and intended for active immunologic prophylaxis. They include deactivated toxins. Anatoxin toxoids are distinct from anatoxins that are TROPANES found in CYANOBACTERIA.

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Preparations of pathogenic organisms or their derivatives made nontoxic and intended for active immunologic prophylaxis. They include deactivated toxins. Anatoxin toxoids are distinct from anatoxins that are TROPANES found in CYANOBACTERIA.

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7 entry terms
  • Toxoid
  • Anatoxin Toxoid
  • Anatoxin Toxoids
  • Toxins, Deactivated
  • Deactivated Toxins
  • Toxoid, Anatoxin
  • Toxoids, Anatoxin

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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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Indexing Annotation

entry term ANATOXIN TOXOIDS: do not confuse with anatoxins found in CYANOBACTERIA; coordinate IM with specific organism /immunol (IM)

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History Note

66; TOXINS AND ANTITOXINS was heading 1963-65

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Toxoids. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D014121. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D014121
  2. Toxoids. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toxoid
  3. Toxoids. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q908822