Mode of action of Duvernoy's gland extracts from the colubrid Dryadophis biofossatus in the chick biventer cervicis nerve-muscle preparation

Toxicon

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1187-1190

  Fontana, M D ^a   Heleno, M G ^a   Vital Brazil, O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; CARBACHOL; SNAKE VENOM; TISSUE EXTRACT;

ANIMAL TISSUE; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; MUSCLE TWITCH; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECRETION; SHORT SURVEY;

ANIMALIA; COLUBRIDAE; COLUMBA; DRYADOPHIS; GALLUS GALLUS; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; SERPENTES;

EID: 0030273665     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0041-0101(96)00066-9     Document Type: Article

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