Multiple vasoactive factors in epidermal secretions of the arabian gulf catfish, Arius bilineatus (Valenciennes)

General Pharmacology

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 737-744

  Al Bow, Hayat A ^a   Al Hassan, Jassim M ^a   Thomson, Martha ^a   Thulesius, Olav ^a   Elkhawad, Abdullah ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

catfish; Epidermal secretions; vasoconstrictor activity

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE; INDOMETACIN; KETANSERIN; MEPYRAMINE; PRAZOSIN; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENT; VERAPAMIL; YOHIMBINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CATFISH; GEL FILTRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ISOLATION; SKIN SECRETION; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTION; TACHYPHYLAXIS; VASOCONSTRICTION; WOUND CLOSURE;

ANIMALS; CATFISHES; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GEL; EPIDERMIS; INDIAN OCEAN; ISOELECTRIC FOCUSING; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; PROTEINS; RENAL ARTERY; SHEEP; TACHYPHYLAXIS; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENTS;

EID: 0030921395     PISSN: 03063623     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-3623(96)00307-2     Document Type: Article

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