Biochemical and pharmacological characterization of the venom of the black scorpion Heterometrus spinifer

Biochemical Pharmacology

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 49-55

  Nirthanan, Selvanayagam ^a   Joseph, Jeremiah S ^a   Gopalakrishnakone, Ponnampalam ^a   Khoo, Hoon Eng ^a   Cheah, Li Sam ^a   Gwee, Matthew C E ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Electrospray ionization mass spectrometry mass spectrometry; Heterometrus spinifer; Norepinephrine; Scorpion venom

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ATROPINE; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITOR; NEOSTIGMINE; NEUROTRANSMITTER; NORADRENALIN; OMEGA CONOTOXIN GVIA; PHENTOLAMINE; SCORPION VENOM; TETRODOTOXIN; TUBOCURARINE CHLORIDE;

ADRENERGIC ACTIVITY; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANOCOCCYGEUS MUSCLE; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; CHOLINERGIC ACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVENOMATION; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MUSCLE CONTRACTURE; NECK MUSCLE; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCORPION;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANIMALS; CHICKENS; CHOLINE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; NOREPINEPHRINE; SCORPION VENOMS; SCORPIONS; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION;

EID: 0036145464     PISSN: 00062952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-2952(01)00854-1     Document Type: Article

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