The smooth muscle relaxant effects of venom from the inland taipan (Oxyuranus microlepidotus)

Toxicon

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 229-231

  Bell, Karen L ^a   Kemp, Barbara K ^a   McPherson, Grant A ^a   Hodgson, Wayne C ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1,4 DIHYDRO 2,6 DIMETHYL 5 NITRO 4 [2 (TRIFLUOROMETHYL)PHENYL] 3 PYRIDINECARBOXYLIC ACID METHYL ESTER; APAMIN; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; CALCIUM CHANNEL; CHARYBDOTOXIN; GLIBENCLAMIDE; INDOMETACIN; N(G) NITROARGININE; OXYHEMOGLOBIN; PHENYLEPHRINE; PHOSPHOLIPASE A2; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; PROPRANOLOL; SNAKE VENOM;

ANIMAL TISSUE; AORTA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SMOOTH MUSCLE RELAXATION; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

3-PYRIDINECARBOXYLIC ACID, 1,4-DIHYDRO-2,6-DIMETHYL-5-NITRO-4-(2-(TRIFLUOROMETHYL)PHENYL)-, METHYL ESTER; ANIMALS; AORTA, THORACIC; ELAPID VENOMS; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE RELAXATION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; PHENYLEPHRINE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENTS;

MICROLEPIDOTUS; OXYURANUS MICROLEPIDOTUS;

EID: 0032889745     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0041-0101(98)00167-6     Document Type: Article

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