Smooth muscle contractile action of the venom from the crown-of-thorns starfish, Acanthaster planci

Journal of Toxicological Sciences

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 11-17

  Karasudani, Izuru ^a   Omija, Mayumi ^a   Aniya, Yoko ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Muscle contraction; Prostaglandin; Starfish venom

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ATROPINE; INDOMETACIN; PHOSPHOLIPASE; PROSTAGLANDIN; PROTEINASE; VENOM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTERIAS; BLOOD VESSEL PERMEABILITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; RABBIT; RAT; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTION; UTERUS CONTRACTION;

ACANTHASTER PLANCI; ANIMALIA; ASTERIAS; ASTEROIDEA; EUPHORBIA MILII VAR. SPLENDENS; KOEBERLINIA SPINOSA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 0029875052     PISSN: 03881350     EISSN: 18803989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2131/jts.21.11     Document Type: Article

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