Some pharmacological studies of venom from the inland taipan (Oxyuranus microlepidotus)

Toxicon

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 63-74

  Bell, Karen L ^a   Sutherland, Struan K ^b   Hodgson, Wayne C ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 BROMOPHENACYL BROMIDE; ALPHA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; IDAZOXAN; INDOMETACIN; N(G) NITROARGININE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR; PHOSPHOLIPASE A2; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHASE INHIBITOR; SNAKE VENOM;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARACHIDONIC ACID METABOLISM; ARTICLE; DOSE RESPONSE; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG MECHANISM; GUINEA PIG; ILEUM; INHIBITION KINETICS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHRENIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TOXIN ANALYSIS; VAS DEFERENS; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; AORTA; BLOOD PRESSURE; DIAPHRAGM; ELAPID VENOMS; GUINEA PIGS; ILEUM; MALE; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; PHRENIC NERVE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RATS, WISTAR; VAS DEFERENS;

ANIMALIA; CAVIA PORCELLUS; MICROLEPIDOTUS; NOLA; OXYURANUS MICROLEPIDOTUS; PANTHEROPHIS OBSOLETUS; SERPENTES; SUS SCROFA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031899773     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0041-0101(97)00060-3     Document Type: Article

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