Toxicity of coelomic fluid of the earthworm Eisenia foetida to vertebrates but not invertebrates: Probable role of sphingomyelin

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - C Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 128, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 401-411

  Kobayashi, Hideshi ^a   Ohtomi, Michiko ^b   Sekizawa, Yoshiyuki ^c   Ohta, Naoshi ^c  

^a Toho University ^*  (Japan)

^b TOHO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c ZENYAKU KOGYO CO LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

Coelomic fluid; Earthworm; Lysenin; Phylogeny; Sphingomyelin; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

SPHINGOMYELIN; TOXIC SUBSTANCE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELOM FLUID; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; EARTHWORM; EISENIA FOETIDA; FISH; LETHALITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TADPOLE; TOXICITY TESTING;

EID: 0035036170     PISSN: 15320456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1532-0456(00)00213-1     Document Type: Article

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