A pharmacological examination of venom from the Papuan taipan (Oxyuranus scutellatus canni)

Toxicon

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1721-1734

  Crachi, Marcus T ^a   Hammer, Leah W ^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; 4 BROMOPHENACYL BROMIDE; ACETYLCHOLINE; ARACHIDONIC ACID; CARBACHOL; INDOMETACIN; N(G) NITROARGININE; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; PHENYLEPHRINE; PHOSPHOLIPASE A2 INHIBITOR; POSTSYNAPTIC RECEPTOR; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; SNAKE VENOM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIVENTER CERVICIS MUSCLE; CHICKEN; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAPHRAGM; DRUG INHIBITION; GUINEA PIG; ILEUM; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MOUSE; MUSCLE EXCITATION; MUSCLE TWITCH; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PHRENIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SHOCK; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASCULAR RING;

ACETOPHENONES; ACETYLCHOLINE; ANIMALS; AORTA; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARBACHOL; CHICKENS; DIAPHRAGM; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG ANTAGONISM; ELAPID VENOMS; ENZYME INHIBITORS; GUINEA PIGS; ILEUM; INDOMETHACIN; MALE; MICE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; NECK MUSCLES; PHRENIC NERVE; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; RATS; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC;

CAVIA PORCELLUS; OXYURANUS; OXYURANUS SCUTELLATUS CANNI; SERPENTES; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0033486376     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0041-0101(99)00114-2     Document Type: Article

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