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All terms in MESH

Label	Id	Description
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action	D045504	[Pharmacological activities at the molecular level of DRUGS and other exogenous compounds that are used to treat DISEASES and affect normal BIOCHEMISTRY.]
Antipain	D000976	[An oligopeptide produced by various bacteria which acts as a protease inhibitor.]
Antiparasitic Agents	D000977	[Drugs used to treat or prevent parasitic infections.]
Anti-Infective Agents	D000890	[Generically, any agent that destroys microbes. However, usage of the term is increasingly being confined to agents that prevent or reduce the transmission of SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES., Substances that prevent infectious agents or organisms from spreading or kill infectious agents in order to prevent the spread of infection.]
Antiparkinson Agents	D000978	[Agents used in the treatment of Parkinson's disease. The most commonly used drugs act on the dopaminergic system in the striatum and basal ganglia or are centrally acting muscarinic antagonists.]
Anti-Dyskinesia Agents	D018726	[Drugs used in the treatment of movement disorders. Most of these act centrally on dopaminergic or cholinergic systems. Among the most important clinically are those used for the treatment of Parkinson disease (ANTIPARKINSON AGENTS) and those for the tardive dyskinesias.]
alpha-2-Antiplasmin	D000979	[A member of the serpin superfamily found in plasma that inhibits the lysis of fibrin clots which are induced by plasminogen activator. It is a glycoprotein, molecular weight approximately 70,000 that migrates in the alpha 2 region in immunoelectrophoresis. It is the principal plasmin inactivator in blood, rapidly forming a very stable complex with plasmin.]
Glycoproteins	D006023	[Conjugated protein-carbohydrate compounds including mucins, mucoid, and amyloid glycoproteins.]
Serpins	D015843	[A family of serine proteinase inhibitors which are similar in amino acid sequence and mechanism of inhibition, but differ in their specificity toward proteolytic enzymes. Some members of the serpin family may be substrates rather than inhibitors of SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES.]
Antiplatyhelmintic Agents	D000980	[Agents used to treat cestode, trematode, or other flatworm infestations in man or animals.]
Anthelmintics	D000871	[Agents that kill parasitic worms. They are used therapeutically in the treatment of HELMINTHIASIS in man and animal.]
Antiprotozoal Agents	D000981	[Substances that inhibit the SCHIZONTS stage of protozoa. There is particular interest in them as ANTIMALARIALS., Substances that are destructive to protozoans.]
Antipruritics	D000982	[Agents, usually topical, that relieve itching (pruritus).]
Dermatologic Agents	D003879	[Drugs used to treat or prevent skin disorders or for the routine care of skin.]
Antipyrine	D000983	[An analgesic and antipyretic that has been given by mouth and as ear drops. Antipyrine is often used in testing the effects of other drugs or diseases on drug-metabolizing enzymes in the liver. (From Martindale, The Extra Pharmacopoeia, 30th ed, p29)]
Pyrazolones	D047069	[Compounds with a five-membered heterocyclic ring with two nitrogens and a keto OXYGEN. Some are inhibitors of TNF-ALPHA production.]
Antisepsis	D000985	[The destruction of germs causing disease.]
Infection Control	D017053	[Programs of disease surveillance, generally within health care facilities, designed to investigate, prevent, and control the spread of infections and their causative microorganisms.]
Antisickling Agents	D000986	[Agents used to prevent or reverse the pathological events leading to sickling of erythrocytes in sickle cell conditions.]
Hematologic Agents	D006401	[Drugs that act on blood and blood-forming organs and those that affect the hemostatic system.]