See Also: phallolysin(medicine)
Herbal medicine (botanical medicine, herbology, phytomedicine)(health)
hypophysis(medicine)
Hypophysis(health)
hypophysis(dictionary)
hypophysis sicca(medicine)
hypophysis cerebri(medicine)
tentorium of hypophysis(medicine)
pharyngeal hypophysis(medicine)
nervous lobe of hypophysis(medicine)

hypophysis sicca (medicine) and phallolysin (medicine)


hypophysis sicca (medicine)


hypophysis sicca -->
posterior pituitary


The cleaned, dried, and powdered posterior lobe obtained from the pituitary body of domestic animals used for Food by humans; an oxytocic, vasoconstrictor, antidiuretic, and a stimulant of intestinal motility.

Synonym: desiccated pituitary, hypophysis sicca.


phallolysin (medicine)


phallolysin


A glycoprotein that is the heat-sensitive (destroyed in Cooking) toxin of the mushroom Amanita phalloides.