The coronary vasoconstriction action of extract IV from the dahlia sea anemone Tealia felina L.

Toxicon

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 277-282

  Konya, R S ^a   Elliott, R C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORT HARCOURT   (Nigeria)

^b BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTINIARIA; ANEMONE; DAHLIA; TEALIA; URTICINA FELINA; ANIMALIA;

SEA ANEMONE TOXIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRADYCARDIA; CARDIOTOXICITY; CORONARY ARTERY CONSTRICTION; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM; ISOLATED HEART; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEA ANEMONE;

ANIMALS; CNIDARIAN VENOMS; CORONARY VESSELS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; HEART; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEA ANEMONES; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VASOCONSTRICTION;

EID: 0030041996     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0041-0101(95)00082-8     Document Type: Article

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