endotoxin vs exotoxin

[Kussemek]

do we need to know this? if so, what exactly do we need to know?

 

[ASDIC]

need to know for what?

the mcat?
the microbio course?

 

[Kussemek]

the mcat

 

[Turkeyman]

dont think we do...not entirely sure though

 

[nicholonious]

the mcat

I don't think you need to know this. I haven't seen anything about that in kaplan review, although there might be another prep book that deems it important.

Can I take a stab at what it is? Endo and exo, like endocrine and exocrine? Meaning, one refers to molecules (toxins) in the bloodstream and intersitial fluid while the other refers to molecules secreted by glands? This is just a guess...

 

[MoosePilot]

I don't think I ever needed to know it except in microbiology (which I took as a freshman, I wonder why I did that?).

Look here:

Endotoxin vs. Exotoxin

 

[Turkeyman]

http://cancerweb.ncl.ac.uk/cgi-bin/omd?query=endotoxin&action=Search+OMD

http://cancerweb.ncl.ac.uk/cgi-bin/omd?query=exotoxin



I love this dictionary...doesn't have EVERYTHING but...it's great