Hemolytic activity in extracts of the diatom Nitzschia

Toxicon

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 305-309

  Rangel, Marisa ^a   Malpezzi, Elena L A ^a   Susini, Sylvia M M ^a   De Freitas, José Carlos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL EXTRACT; TOXIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOCHEMISTRY; DIATOM; ERYTHROCYTE; HEMOLYSIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BLOOD; DIATOMS; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; MARINE TOXINS; MICE; SPHINGOMYELINS;

ANIMALIA; BACILLARIOPHYCEAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; NITZSCHIA;

EID: 0031081358     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0041-0101(96)00148-1     Document Type: Article

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