Absence of tetrodotoxins in a captive-raised riparian frog, Atelopus varius

Toxicon

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 705-709

  Daly, John W ^a   Padgett, William L ^a   Saunders, Robin L ^b   Cover Jr , John F ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden   (United States)

^c National Aquarium in Baltimore   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUFADIENOLIDE; SKIN TOXIN; TETRODOTOXIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FROG; HISTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

AMPHIBIAN VENOMS; ANIMALS; ANURA; BUFANOLIDES; FEMALE; MALE; PREGNANCY; SKIN; TETRODOTOXIN;

EID: 0030919245     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0041-0101(96)00165-1     Document Type: Article

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