Comparative toxinological and immunological studies on the nematocyst venoms of the Red Sea fire corals Millepora dichotoma and M. platyphylla

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - C Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 131, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 323-334

  Radwan, Faisal F Y ^a,b  

^a SOHAG UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

ELISA; Fire coral; Hydrozoa; Millepora; Nematocyst; Red Sea; Toxins; Venoms

Indexed keywords

ANTISERUM; HEMOLYSIN; PLANT TOXIN; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIGENICITY; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL PERMEABILITY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORAL; CROSS REACTION; HEMOLYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNIZATION; LD 50; LETHALITY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURIFICATION; SKIN NECROSIS; TOXICITY;

ANTHOZOA; HYDROZOA; MILLEPORA; MILLEPORA ALCICORNIS; MILLEPORA DICHOTOMA; MILLEPORA PLATYPHYLLA;

EID: 0036129321     PISSN: 15320456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1532-0456(02)00017-0     Document Type: Article

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