Choline esters and biogenic amines in the hypobranchial gland of 55 molluscan species of the neogastropod Muricoidea superfamily

Toxicon

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 33-55

  Roseghini, Marisa ^a   Severini, Cinzia ^a   Erspamer, Giuliana Falconieri ^b   Erspamer, Vittorio ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGENIC AMINE; CHOLINE DERIVATIVE; DIHYDROMUREXINE; HISTAMINE; HISTAMINE DERIVATIVE; IMIDAZOLE PROPIONYLHISTAMINE; MUREXINE; OCTOPAMINE; SENECIOYLCHOLINE; SEROTONIN; TYRAMINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UROCANYLHISTAMINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FROG; MOLLUSC; MOUSE; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; REVIEW;

EID: 0030062833     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0041-0101(95)00104-2     Document Type: Review

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