Ricin depresses cardiac function in the rabbit heart

Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology

Volumn 138, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 72-76

  Ma, Lianmin ^a,b   Hsu, Chia Hsuh ^b   Patterson, Eugene ^a   Thadani, Udho ^a   Robinson, Casey P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; ISOPRENALINE; PHENYLEPHRINE; RICIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARDIOTOXICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEART FUNCTION; ISOLATED HEART; NONHUMAN; RABBIT;

ANIMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; PHASEOLUS (ANGIOSPERM); RICINUS COMMUNIS;

EID: 0029896245     PISSN: 0041008X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/taap.1996.0099     Document Type: Article

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