Toxic properties of Beauveria pigments on erythrocyte membranes

Toxicon

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1351-1356

  Jeffs, Lloyd B ^a   Khachatourians, George G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; MYCOTOXIN; PIGMENT;

DRUG ACTIVITY; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE; FUNGUS; HEMOLYSIS; MEMBRANE DAMAGE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY;

BEAUVERIA; FUNGI;

EID: 0030876509     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0041-0101(97)00025-1     Document Type: Article

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