The effects of lignocaine on actions of the venom from the yellow scorpion 'Leiurus quinquestriatus' in vivo and in vitro

Toxicon

Volumn 38, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 1787-1801

  Fatani, A J ^a   Harvey, A L ^b   Furman, B L ^b   Rowan, E G ^b  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atropine; Chick biventer cervicis; Guanethidine; Guinea pig ileum; Hexamethonium; Leiurus quinquestriatus; Lignocaine; Prazosine; Rat vas deferens; Scorpion venom toxin; Tubacurarina; Yellow scorpion

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ATROPINE; CARBACHOL; GUANETHIDINE; HEXAMETHONIUM; LIDOCAINE; NORADRENALIN; PRAZOSIN; SCORPION VENOM; SODIUM CHANNEL; TUBOCURARINE CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BREATHING; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ENVENOMATION; GUINEA PIG; HEART RATE; ILEUM CONTRACTION; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; RAT; TOXICITY TESTING;

ANIMALS; ATROPINE; CHICKENS; DRUG INTERACTIONS; GUANETHIDINE; GUINEA PIGS; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HEXAMETHONIUM; LIDOCAINE; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; PRAZOSIN; RABBITS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SCORPION VENOMS; SODIUM CHANNELS; TUBOCURARINE;

CAVIA PORCELLUS; LEIURUS QUINQUESTRIATUS; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; SCORPIONES; SORBUS AUCUPARIA; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0034594358     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0041-0101(00)00108-2     Document Type: Article

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