The effect of the desert cobra (Walterinnesia aegyptia) crude venom and its protein fractions on the metabolic activity of cultured human fibroblasts

Cell Biology and Toxicology

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 127-134

  Al Saleh, S S ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

cultured human fibroblasts; desert cobra; venom

Indexed keywords

6 PHOSPHOFRUCTOKINASE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CITRATE SYNTHASE; CREATINE KINASE; GLYCOGEN PHOSPHORYLASE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; PROTEIN; SNAKE VENOM;

ARTICLE; CELL METABOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FIBROBLAST CULTURE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ADULT; ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; CELLS, CULTURED; CITRATE (SI)-SYNTHASE; COBRA VENOMS; CREATINE KINASE; FIBROBLASTS; GLYCOGEN; HUMANS; L-LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; PHOSPHOFRUCTOKINASE-1; SKIN;

EID: 0029895356     PISSN: 07422091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00148166     Document Type: Article

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