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Descriptor English:   Biological Assay 
Descriptor Spanish:   Bioensayo 
Descriptor Portuguese:   Bioensaio 
Synonyms English:   Assay, Biological
Assays, Biological
Biologic Assay
Biologic Assays
Assay, Biologic
Assays, Biologic
Bioassays
Biological Assays
Bioassay  
Tree Number:   E05.091
SP4.016.172.918
SP4.021.242.403
Definition English:   A method of measuring the effects of a biologically active substance using an intermediate in vivo or in vitro tissue or cell model under controlled conditions. It includes virulence studies in animal fetuses in utero, mouse convulsion bioassay of insulin, quantitation of tumor-initiator systems in mouse skin, calculation of potentiating effects of a hormonal factor in an isolated strip of contracting stomach muscle, etc. 
Indexing Annotation English:   assays using living-matter intermediate; check text: not all "bioassays" are MeSH term BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; Manual 22.27; DF: BIOL ASSAY
Allowable Qualifiers English:  
AE adverse effects CL classification
CT contraindications EC economics
ES ethics HI history
IS instrumentation MT methods
MO mortality NU nursing
PX psychology ST standards
SN statistics & numerical data TD trends
UT utilization VE veterinary
Record Number:   1706 
Unique Identifier:   D001681 

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