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AUTACOIDE [1 record]

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Record 1 2001-03-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Immunology
DEF

A term once proposed to replace the term hormone and recently suggested as a general term for various physiologically active, endogenous substances (histamine, serotonin, angiotensin, prostaglandins, etc.) that do not yet fit into existing functional classifications.

DEF

autacoids : Substances with pronounced pharmacological activity that occur in (or at least are extractable from) tissues, and which do not appear to possess a neurotransmitter or endocrine hormone function in that tissue. Substances classed as autacoids include histamine, serotonin, eicosanoids, kinins, PAF-acether and purine nucleotides.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Immunologie
DEF

Substance spécifique formée par un organe et déversée dans la circulation pour produire sur d'autres organes des effets analogues à ceux des médicaments.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Inmunología
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