Indian catfish (Plotosus canius, Hamilton) venom: Occurrence of lethal protein toxin (toxin-PC)

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Volumn 391, Issue , 1996, Pages 225-229

  Auddy, B ^a   Gomes, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FISH VENOM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATFISH; EDEMA; GANGRENE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HYPERTENSION; LETHALITY; MOUSE; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ISOLATION; RESPIRATORY FAILURE;

EID: 0029890049     PISSN: 00652598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4613-0361-9_15     Document Type: Article

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