The inhibitory effect of the neuromuscular blocking agent, gallamine triethiodide, on camel retina acetylcholinesterase activity

Toxicology Letters

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 45-51

  Al Jafari, Abdulaziz A ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Acetylcholinesterase; Camel; Gallamine; Inhibition; Retina; Turnover kinetics

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; GALLAMINE TRIETHIODIDE; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING AGENT;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAMEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME KINETICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA;

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ANIMALS; CAMELS; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITORS; GALLAMINE TRIETHIODIDE; RETINA;

EID: 0031023667     PISSN: 03784274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4274(96)03828-3     Document Type: Article

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