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Journals (more than 5,000)
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Search and Display Field Codes
Fields that allow left truncation are indicated by an asterisk (*)
Search Field Name

SearchCode

Display
Codes

Search Examples

Basic Index* (contains single words
from the abstract (AB),biosystematic codes (BC),chemical name (CN), controlled
term (CT), gene name (GEN),
geographic term (GT), organism(ORGN), supplementary term(ST), and title (TI) fields, as well as
CAS Registry Numbers (RN)

None(or /BI)S PITUITARY
S 50-78-2
S ?ASSAY?
S C PEPTIDE
S L1 AND NONHUMAN VERTEBRATESS A431 CELL LINES BONE (S) DENSITYS RODENTIA

AB, GT, IT,
ORGN, RN, TI

Abstract*/AB

AB

Accession Number/AN

Author (includes Inventor names)/AU

Biosystematic Code (1)Superterm (2)/BC

Biosystematic Code Range (3)Chemical NameClassification Code (Concept Code)(1) (includes codes and text)

/BCR
/CN
/CC

Concept Code Range (3)Controlled Term (1, 4)

/CCR
/CT

Controlled Word
Corporate Source (includes Patent
Assignee) (5, 6)

/CW
/CS

Digital Object Identifier/FTDOI(or /DOI)/DN

S (BONE (S) DENSITY)/AB
S ?ASSAY?/AB
S 1992:100137/AN
S 2018:1000000/ANS GALLO R?/AU
S (SCINTO L? (S) EDITOR)/AUS REPRINT AUTHOR/AU (S) GALLO R?/AU
S 75326/BC
S *75326/BC
S HUMANS/BC AND 57-88-5
S 35100-35200/BCR
S C PEPTIDE/CN
S 38506/CC
S 385/CCS CHEMOTHERAPY?/CC AND CIS PLATINS CHEMOTHERAPY - ANTIVIRAL?/CC
S 25502-25554/CCR
S VETERINARY MEDICINE/CT AND HORSE?
S CHEMISTRY/CT (L) MAJOR CONCEPTS/FA
S MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION/CT
S C14.280.647.500./CT
S ANTIULCER/CWS MONSANTO/CS
S MONSANTO UK/CSS A ALLEN PURDUE/CS
S 10.1016/J.FCT.2013?/DOI
S BA94:18925/DN
S PREV199294018025/DN
S C/DT AND L7
S CONFERENCE/DT AND L7
S A-ALLEN@FNR.PURDUE.EDU/EML
S L1 AND ED>20030226
S AB/FA AND 7440-23-5
S RN/FA AND L1
S MALARIA (L) DISEASES/FA
S ANALYTICAL METHOD (L) IT.MQ/FA
S BR/FS AND 57-43-2
S HUMAN DI GENE/GENS TURKEY/GT
S (LONDON (S) ONTARIO)/GTS GENETIC ENGINEERING/IT
S 983-40069-0-X/ISN
S 0090-8258/ISN
S JOCDAE/ISN

DN

Document Number
Document Type (code and text)
E-mail Address
Entry Date (3)Field Availability (7)/DT(or /TC)
/EML
/ED
/FA

File Segment
Gene Name
Geographic Term (1)

/FS
/GEN
/GT

Index Term (8)International Standard (Document)
Number (contains CODEN, ISSN,
ISBN)

/IT
/ISN

AN
AU

ORGN

ORGN
RN
CC

CC
IT

IT
CS

DOI, FTDOIDT, TC
EML, CSED
Not displayed

FS
GEN
GT
IT
ISN, SO

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Search and Display Field Codes (cont'd)
Search Field Name

SearchCodeInventor Name (6)Journal Title (contains full andabbreviated title)
Language (code and text)

/IN
/JT

Meeting Date (3)Meeting Location
Meeting Organizer (5)Meeting Title (includes all meeting
information)
Meeting Year (3)Organism (1)Superterms (2)Other Source

/MD
/ML
/MO
/MT

National Patent Classification (6)Patent Country (6)

/NCL
/PC
(or /PCS)/PN(or /PATS)
/PD
/PY
/SO

Patent Number (6,10)
Publication Date (3)Publication Year (3)Source (contains CODEN, ISBN,
ISSN, publication title and date,book publisher and distributor
information, meeting information,and collation)
Supplementary Term (5, 9)
Title

/LA

/MY
/ORGN
/OS

/ST
/TI

Uniform Resource Locator/URL

Update Date (3)/UP

Display
Codes

Search Examples
S ABBOTT S D/INS J ANAT/JTS JOURNAL OF ANATOMY/JT
S EN/LA AND L4
S ENGLISH/LA AND L4
S MD>20030507
S ORLANDO/ML
S ONCOLOGISTS/MO
S 45TH ANNUAL/MT

AU
JT, SOS MY>=2003
S RODENTIA/ORGN AND L1
S HUMANS/ORGN AND L1
S GENBANK/OSS AJ422244/OS
S 428571000/NCL
S US/PC AND L1

MY, SOORGN

S US4543948/PN

PI

S PD>=20030101
S 1997/PY
S DCTODJ/SOS FED PROC/SO
S 0022-3549/SO
S 0-931146-19-4/SO

PD, PI, SO
PI, PY, SO
SO

S GENBANK -95567/ST
S ULCER/TIS LIQUID TRANSPORT?/TI
S "HTTP://WWW.USPTO.GOV/WEB/MENU/
PATDATA.HTML"/URL
S UP>20030700

IT
TI

LA
MD, SO
ML, SO
MO, SO
MT, SOOS
NCL
PC, PIURLED(1) An online thesaurus is available in this field.
(2) Enter HELP STERMS at an arrow prompt in the file for a list of superterms.
(3) Numeric search field that may be searched using numeric operators or ranges.
(4) The Controlled Term (/CT) search field contains bound phrases from the following IT display subfields: Major Concepts (from 1969);
Chemicals & Biochemicals (from 1969); Diseases (from 1998); Parts, Structures, and Systems (from 1998); and Time (from 1993), as
well as MeSH terms for diseases, when available. To restrict /CT terms to an IT subfield, link the /CT terms to the subfield heading or
the subfield code in /FA, e.g., S CHEMISTRY/CT (L) MAJOR CONCEPTS/FA.
(5) Search with implied (S) proximity is available in this field.
(6) Only U.S. patents published between 1946 and 1989 and since 1995 are available.
(7) Use the FA field to link terms to IT display subfields, e.g., S MALARIA (L) DISEASES/FA. Enter HELP FA at an arrow prompt to see alist of FA terms and examples.
(8) The /IT search field contains single words from all ORGN display subfields and their headings as well as single words from the CN, RN,
CT, GT, and ST fields, and MeSH terms for diseases, when available.
(9) The /ST search field contains single words and bound phrases from the following IT display subfields: Methods and Equipment;
Sequence Data; and Miscellaneous Descriptors.
(10) Either STN or Derwent format may be used.

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Limiting Search Codes
Only an answer set created in BIOSIS may be limited.
Search Field Name

SearchCode (1)Animal Subject
English-Language Records
Female Subject
Human Subject
Male Subject/ANIMAL/ENGLISH/FEMALE/HUMAN/MALE

Search Examples
S L4/ANIMAL
S L1/HUMAN,ENG (2)S L3/FEMALE
S L1/HUMAN
S L2/MALE(1) Field codes may be abbreviated to the first three letters.
(2) Answer sets may be limited to more than one area.

Thesaurus Fields
Concept Codes (/CC) Field
All Relationship Codes can be used with both the SEARCH and EXPAND command in the Concept Codes(/CC) thesaurus.
Code
ALL
AUTO (1)
KT
NOTE
PFT
UF
USE

Content
All associated terms (SELF, NOTE, UF, USE)
Automatic Relationship Code (SELF, USE)
Keyword Terms (multiword phrases containing the term)(SELF, KT)
Scope Notes (SELF, NOTE)
Preferred and Forbidden Terms (SELF, UF, USE)
Used for Terms (Forbidden Terms) (SELF, UF)
Used Terms (Preferred Terms) (SELF, USE)

ExampleE 38504+ALL/CC
E GENETICS - ANIMAL/CCE FOOD+KT/CC
E 13506+NOTE/CC
E LABORATORY ANIMALS+PFT/CC
E 13508+UF/CC
E FOOD TECHNOLOGY SUGAR+USE/CC(1) By default, automatic relationship is SET OFF. When SET REL is ON, the result of EXPAND without any relationship code is the sameas described for AUTO.

Field Descriptors for the /CC Thesaurus
Code
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KT
NOTE
UF
USE

Description
Self
Keyword Term
Scope Note
Used For Term
Used Term

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Controlled Term (/CT) Field
All Relationship Codes can be used with both the SEARCH and EXPAND command in the Controlled Term(/CT) thesaurus.
Code
ALL
BT
HIE
KT
NOTE
NT
RT
STD

Content
All associated terms (BT, SELF, NOTE, NT, RT)
Broader Terms (BT, SELF)
Hierarchy (Broader and Narrower Terms) (BT, SELF,
NT)
Keyword Terms (multiword phrases containing the term)(SELF, KT)
Scope Notes (SELF, NOTE)
Narrower Terms (SELF, NT)
Related Terms (SELF, RT)
Standard (Broader, Narrower, and Related Terms)(BT, SELF, NT, RT)

ExampleE ANIMAL HUSBANDRY+ALL/CT
E ALLERGY+BT/CT
E HUMAN MEDICINE+HIE/CT
E DENTAL+KT/CT
E DENTAL MEDICINE+NOTE/CTE AGRICULTURE+NT/CTE TOXICOLOGY+RT/CT
E CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY+STD/CT

Field Descriptors for the /CT Thesaurus
Code
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BT
KT
NOTE
NT
RT

Description
Self
Broader Term
Keyword Term
Scope Note
Narrower Term
Related Term

Geographic Term (/GT) thesaurus
All Relationship Codes can be used with both the SEARCH and EXPAND command in the Geographic Term(/GT) thesaurus.
CodeContent

ALL
AUTO (1)BT
KT

All associated terms (BT, SELF, UF, USE, NT)
Automatic Relationship Code (SELF, USE)
Broader Terms (BT, SELF)
Keyword Terms (multiword phrases containing the term) (SELF,
KT)
Narrower Terms (SELF, NT)
Preferred and Forbidden Terms (SELF, UF, USE)
Standard (Broader and Narrower Terms) (BT, SELF, NT)
Used For Terms (Forbidden Terms) (SELF, UF)
Used Terms (Preferred Terms) (SELF, USE)

NT
PFT
STD
UF
USE

ExampleE TANZANIA+ALL/GT
E GOLD COAST+AUTO/GTE POLAND+BT/GTE GERMANY+KT/GT
E AFRICA+NT/GTE GOLD COAST+PFT/GT
E TANZANIA+STD/GTE IVORY COAST+UF/GT
E GOLD COAST+USE/GT(1) Automatic relationship is SET OFF. When SET REL is ON, the result of EXPAND without any relationship code is the same as
described for AUTO.

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Field Descriptors for the /GT Thesaurus
Code

BT
KT
NT
UF
USE

Description
Self
Broader Term
Keyword Term
Narrower Term
Used For Term
Used Term

Organism (/ORGN) thesaurus
All Relationship Codes can be used with both the SEARCH and EXPAND command in the Organism (/ORGN)
thesaurus (1).
Code
ALL
AUTO (2)
BT
HIE
KT
NT
PFT
RT
STD
UF
USE

Content
All associated terms (BT, SELF, UF, USE, NT, RT)
Automatic Relationship Code (SELF, USE)
Broader Terms (BT, SELF)
Hierarchy (BT, SELF, NT)
Keyword Terms (multiword phrases containing the term)(SELF, KT)
Narrower Terms (SELF, NT)
Preferred and Forbidden Terms (SELF, UF, USE)
Related Terms (SELF, RT)
Standard (Broader, Narrower, and Related Terms)(BT, SELF, NT, RT)
Used For Terms (Forbidden Terms) (SELF, UF)
Used Terms (Preferred Terms) (SELF, USE)

ExampleE RODENTIA+ALL/ORGN
E 86265/ORGN
E BOVIDAE+BT/ORGN
E PISCES+HIE/ORGN
E BACTERIA+KT/ORGNE AMPHIBIA+NT/ORGN
E 85306+USE/ORGN
E RODENTS+RT/ORGN
E AVES+STD/ORGN
E SALIENTIA+UF/ORGN
E BC85201+USE/ORGN(1) Either the /ORGN or the /BC (Biosystematic Code) field code may be used in this thesaurus.
(2) Automatic relationship is SET OFF. When SET REL is ON, the result of EXPAND without any relationship code is the same as
described for AUTO.

Field Descriptors for the /ORGN Thesaurus
Code

BT
KT
NT
RT
UF
USE

Description
Self
Broader Term
Keyword Term
Narrower Term
Related Term
Used For Term
Used Term

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BIOSISDISPLAY and PRINT Formats
Any combination of formats may be used to display or print answers. Multiple codes must be separated by
spaces or commas, e.g., D L1 1-5 BIB ABS; D L1 TI, AB. The fields are displayed or printed in the orderspecified.
Hit-term highlighting is available in all fields except MY and PY. Highlighting must be ON during search to use
the HIT, HITIND, KWIC, and OCC formats.
Format
AB
AN
AU
CC
CS
CT (1)DN
DOI (FTDOI)DT (TC)
ED (UP)
EML
FS
GEN
GT
IN
ISN (2)IT (3)JT (2)JTA (2)
JTF (2)
LA
MD (2)
ML (2)MO (2)MT (2)MY (2)NCL (2)ORGN (BC)OS
PC (2)PD (2)PI (PN) (7)PY (2)RN (CN)SO
ST (4,5)
TI (5)URL (2)

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Content

ExamplesAbstract
Accession Number
Author (includes Inventor)
Classification Code (Concept Code)Corporate Source (includes Patent Assignee)Controlled Term
Document Number
Digital Object Identifier
Document Type
Entry Date and Update Date
E-mail address
File Segment
Gene Name
Geographic Term
Inventor
International Standard (Document) Number
Index Term
Journal Title
Journal Title, Abbreviated
Journal Title, Full
Language
Meeting Date
Meeting Location
Meeting Organizer
Meeting Title
Meeting Year
Patent Classification
Organism Information
Other Source
Patent Country
Publication Date
Patent Information
Publication Year
CAS Registry Number and Chemical Name
SourceSupplementary Term
Title
Uniform Resource Locator

D AB L4 1-5
D AN 1-15
D AU 5 6 8-10
D CC L45 2-8
D CS L11
D CT
D DN 1-100 L33
D DOI, D FTDOID DT 4-18 L3
D ED
D EML
D FS
D GEN
D GT 2-3
D IN
D ISN
D IT 1-5
D JT
D JTA
D JTF
D LA 4 6 9 10
D MD
D ML
D MO
D MT L3
D MY
D NCL 1-7
D ORGN
D OS
D PC
D PD
D PI L1
D PY
D RN 1-15 L2
D 5 13 SO
D ST 1-17
D TI TOTAL
D URL

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BIOSISDISPLAY and PRINT Formats (cont'd)FormatABS
ALL

Content

ExamplesD ABS 1-10
D ALL 5-10

CBIB
DALL
IABS
IALL
IBIB
IND
SCAN (5,6)

AB
AN, DN, TI, AU, CS, PI, SO, DOI, DT, FS, LA, OS, ED, AB, NCL, CC, IT, GT,
ORGN, RN, GEN
AN, DN, TI, AU, CS, PI, SO, DOI, DT, FS, LA, OS, ED,(BIB is the default)AN, compressed bibliographic information
ALL, delimited for post-processing
ABS, indented with text label
ALL, indented with text labels
BIB, indented with text labels
NCL, CC, IT (CT, ST), GT, ORGN, RN, CN, GEN
TI, ST (random display without answer numbers)

HIT
HITINDKWIC
OCC (5)

Fields containing hit search terms
Displays same data as the IND format
Hit terms plus 20 words on either side (Key-Word-In-Context)
Number of occurrences of hit terms and fields in which they occur

D HIT 5-10
D HITINDD KWIC 5-10 NOH
D OCC 5-10

BIB

D BIB 3 L7
D
D CBIBD ALL
D IABSD IALLD IBIBD IND
D SCAN(1) The CT field displays the following IT subfields: Major Concepts; Chemicals & Biochemicals; Diseases; Parts, Structures, and Systems;
and Time.
(2) Custom display only.
(3) The IT field displays all of the IT subfields as well as ORGN, GEN, GT, and RN fields.
(4) The ST field displays the following IT subfields: Methods and Equipment; Sequence Data; and Miscellaneous Descriptors.
(5) No online display fee for this format.
(6) SCAN must be entered on the DISPLAY command line, i.e., D SCAN or DISPLAY SCAN
(7) Patent numbers are available in STN and Derwent format. The format for DISPLAY, PRINT, SELECT, and SORT is set using the SET
PATENT command. STN is the default format. Enter SET PAT DERWENT to change to the Derwent format. To reset to the STN
format, enter SET PAT STN.

SELECT, ANALYZE, and SORT Fields
The SELECT command is used to create E-numbers or an L-number containing terms taken from the specified
field in an answer set.
The ANALYZE command is used to create an L-number containing terms taken from the specified field in ananswer set.
The SORT command is used to rearrange the search results in either alphabetic or numeric order of thespecified field(s).
Field Name
Abstract
Accession Number
AuthorBiosystematic CodeCAS Registry Number
Chemical Names
Chemical Names and Registry Numbers
Citation
CODEN
Classification Code (Concept Code)Controlled Term
Corporate Source (Patent Assignee)
Document Number
Document TypeE-mail Address
File Segment

Field CodeANALYZE
SELECT (1)

AB
AN
AU
BC
RN
CN
NAME
CHEM
CIT
CODEN
CC
CT
CS
DN
DT
EML
FS

Y
Y
Y
Y
Y (2)
Y (3)
Y (3,4)Y (5)Y (3,6)
N
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y

SORT
N
N
Y
N
N
N
N
N
N
Y
N
N
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y

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SELECT, ANALYZE, and SORT Fields (cont'd)
Field Name
GenBank Number
Gene Name
Geographic Term
Index Term
International Standard Book Number
International Standard (Document) Number
International Standard Serial Number
Inventor
Journal Title
Journal Title, Abbreviated
Journal Title, Full
Language
Meeting Date
Meeting Location
Meeting Organizer
Meeting Title
Meeting Year
National Patent Classification
Occurrence Count of Hit Search Terms
Organism
Other Source
Patent Country
Patent Countries
Patent Information
Patent Number
Patent Numbers
Publication Date
Publication Year
SourceSupplementary Term
Title
Treatment Code
Uniform Resource Locator
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
(6)

Field CodeANALYZE
SELECT (1)SORT

GENBANK
GEN
GT
IT
ISBN
ISN
ISSN
IN
JT
JTA
JTF
LA
MD
ML
MO
MT
MY
NCL
OCC
ORGN
OS
PC
PCS
PI
PN
PATS
PD
PY
SO
ST
TI
TC
URL

Y (2)
Y
Y
Y
N
Y (7)
N
Y
Y
Y (12)Y (12)
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y (3)
Y
N
Y
Y
Y
Y (8)
Y (3,9)Y (3)Y (3,10)Y
Y (3)
Y (3,11)Y
Y (default)
Y (13)
Y

N
N
Y
N
Y
N
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
N
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
N
N
Y
Y
Y

HIT may be used to restrict terms extracted to terms that match the search expression used to create the answer set, e.g., SEL HIT TI.
Appends /BI to the terms created by SELECT.
SELECT HIT and ANALYZE HIT are not valid with this field.
Selects or analyzes chemical name and appends /BI to the terms created by SELECT.
Selects or analyzes chemical name and CAS Registry Number and appends /BI to the terms created by SELECT.
Selects first author, publication year, volume, and first page with a truncation symbol appended and with /RE appended to the terms
created by SELECT.
(7) Selects or analyzes CODEN, ISBN, and ISSN and appends /ISN to the terms created by SELECT.
(8) Selects or analyzes Patent Country and appends /PCS to the terms created by SELECT.
(9) Selects or analyzes Patent Number and appends /PN to the terms created by SELECT.
(10) Selects or analyzes Patent Number and appends /PATS to the terms created by SELECT.
(11) Selects or analyzes CODEN and ISSN and appends /SO to the terms created by SELECT.
(12) Appends /JT to the terms created by SELECT.
(13) Appends /DT to the terms created by SELECT.

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Sample Records
DISPLAY IALLACCESSION NUMBER:
DOCUMENT NUMBER:
TITLE:

2014:314727 BIOSIS Full-text
PREV201400314727
House dust mite (Der p 10) and crustacean allergic patients
may react to food containing Yellow mealworm proteins.
AUTHOR(S):Verhoeckx, Kitty C. M. [Reprint Author]; van Broekhoven,
Sarah; den Hartog-Jager, Constance F.; Gaspari, Marco; deJong, Govardus A. H.; Wichers, Harry J.; van Hoffen, Els;
Houben, Geert F.; Knulst, Andre C.
CORPORATE SOURCE:
TNO, Utrechtseweg 48, NL-3704 HE Zeist, Netherlands
kitty.verhoeckx@tno.nl
SOURCE:
Food and Chemical Toxicology, (MAR 2014) Vol. 65, pp.
364-373.
CODEN: FCTOD7. ISSN: 0278-6915. E-ISSN: 1873-6351.
DIGITAL OBJECT ID: 10.1016/j.fct.2013.12.049
DOCUMENT TYPE:
ArticleLANGUAGE:
EnglishENTRY DATE:Entered STN: 16 Apr 2014
Last Updated on STN: 16 Apr 2014
ABSTRACT:
Scope: Due to the imminent growth of the world population,shortage of protein sources for human consumption will arise in the near future.
Alternative and sustainable protein sources (e.g. insects) are being explored
for the production of food and feed. In this project, the safety of Yellow
mealworms (Tenebrio molitor L) for human consumption was tested using
approaches as advised by the European Food Safety Authority for allergenicity
risk assessment.Methods and results: Different Yellow mealworm protein
fractions were prepared, characterised, and tested for cross-reactivity using
sera from patients with an inhalation or food allergy to biologically related
species (House dust mite (HDM) and crustaceans) by immunoblotting and basophil
activation. Furthermore, the stability was investigated using an in vitro
pepsin digestion test. IgE from HDM- and crustacean allergic patientscross-reacted with Yellow mealworm proteins. This cross-reactivity was
functional, as shown by the induction of basophil activation. The majorcross-reactive proteins were identified as tropomyosin and arginine kinase,which are well known allergens in arthropods. These proteins were moderately
stable in the pepsin stability test.Conclusion: Based on these cross-reactivity
studies, there is a realistic possibility that HDM- and crustacean allergic
patients may react to food containing Yellow mealworm proteins. (C) 2014
Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
CONCEPT CODE:
Cytology - Animal
02506
Cytology - Human
02508
Biochemistry studies - General
10060
Biochemistry studies - Proteins, peptides and amino acids
10064
Enzymes - General and comparative studies: coenzymes
10802
Blood - Blood and lymph studies
15002
Blood - Blood cell studies
15004
Development and Embryology - General and descriptive
25502
Immunology - General and methods
34502
Immunology - Immunopathology, tissue immunology
34508
Allergy
35500
Invertebrata: comparative, experimental morphology,
physiology and pathology - Insecta: physiology
64076
INDEX TERMS:
Major Concepts
Clinical Immunology (Human Medicine, Medical Sciences);
Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics; Allergy (Clinical
Immunology, Human Medicine, Medical Sciences)
INDEX TERMS:
Parts, Structures, & Systems of Organisms
basophil: immune system, blood and lymphatics; sera:
blood and lymphatics
INDEX TERMS:
Chemicals & Biochemicals
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ORGANISM:

ORGANISM:REGISTRY NUMBER:

immunoglobulin E [IgE]; tropomyosin; arginine kinase [EC
2.7.3.3]; house dust mite allergen: allergen
Methods & Equipment
immunoblotting: laboratory techniques, immunologic
techniques; pepsin digestion test: clinical techniques
Classifier
Coleoptera
75304
Super Taxa
Insecta; Arthropoda; Invertebrata; Animalia
Organism Name
Tenebrio molitor (species) [yellow mealworm (common)]:larva, allergen
Taxa Notes
Animals, Arthropods, Insects, Invertebrates
Classifier
Hominidae
86215
Super Taxa
Primates; Mammalia; Vertebrata; Chordata; Animalia
Organism Name
human (common)
Taxa Notes
Animals, Chordates, Humans, Mammals, Primates,
Vertebrates
9026-70-4 (arginine kinase)9026-70-4 (EC 2.7.3.3)

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and the undesired harmful actions of thesechemicals on biological tissues or systems.
NOTE For studies of environmental distribution ofchemicals identified as toxins, see Pollution
Assessment, Control, and Management.
E41298107
RT
Ecology/CT
E5406591
RT
Pollution Assessment Control and Management/CT
E6123934
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0
BT6 Super Taxa/ORGN
E20
BT5 Super Taxa Terms/ORGN
E33506449
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E42502646
BT3 Spermatophyta/ORGN
E52351120
BT2 Angiospermae/ORGN
E6765439BT1 Monocotyledones/ORGN
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E8586201
UF
25305/ORGN
E90
UF
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