Lung oedema induced by Tityus serrulatus scorpion venom in the rat

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - C Pharmacology Toxicology and Endocrinology

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 143-148

  De Matos, I M ^a   Rocha, O A ^a   Leite, R ^a   Freire Maia, L ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Aprotinin; Heparin; Inhibitor of lipo and cyclooxygenase; Lung oedema; PAF antagonists; Scorpion venom; Sodium pentobarbital; Tityus serrulatus; Wistar rats

Indexed keywords

3 [3 TERT BUTYLTHIO 1 (4 CHLOROBENZYL) 5 ISOPROPYL 2 INDOLYL] 2,2 DIMETHYLPROPIONIC ACID; ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; APROTININ; BEPAFANT; GINKGOLIDE B; HEPARIN; INDOMETACIN; LEUKOTRIENE; LIPOXYGENASE INHIBITOR; NORDIHYDROGUAIARETIC ACID; PROSTAGLANDIN; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHASE INHIBITOR; SCORPION VENOM; THROMBOCYTE ACTIVATING FACTOR; THROMBOCYTE ACTIVATING FACTOR ANTAGONIST; VASCULOTROPIN; VASOACTIVE AGENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL PERMEABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOLOGY; HYPERTENSION; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LUNG EDEMA; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; APROTININ; AZEPINES; CAPILLARY PERMEABILITY; CYCLOOXYGENASE INHIBITORS; DITERPENES; DRUG INTERACTIONS; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; GINKGOLIDES; HEMOSTATICS; HEPARIN; HYPERTENSION; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; LACTONES; LEUKOTRIENES; LIPOXYGENASE INHIBITORS; LUNG; MALE; NORDIHYDROGUAIARETIC ACID; PLATELET ACTIVATING FACTOR; PLATELET AGGREGATION INHIBITORS; PROSTAGLANDINS; PULMONARY EDEMA; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SCORPION VENOMS; TRIAZOLES;

EID: 0031468839     PISSN: 07428413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0742-8413(97)00086-8     Document Type: Article

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