Effect of Tityus serrulatus scorpion venom and its major toxin, TsTX-I, on the complement system in vivo

Toxicon

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 501-508

  Bertazzi, Daniela Trinca ^a   De Assis Pandochi, Ana Isabel ^a   Azzolini, Ana Elisa Caleiro Seixas ^a   Talhaferro, Vinicius Luis ^a   Lazzarini, Marcio ^a   Arantes, Eliane C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Complement lytic activity; Complement system; Scorpion venom; Tityus serrulatus; TsTX I

Indexed keywords

SCORPION VENOM; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TOXIN; ZYMOSAN;

ADSORPTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; COMPLEMENT SYSTEM; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENVENOMATION; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOCONCENTRATION; HEMOLYSIS; IN VIVO STUDY; INFLAMMATION; LEUKOCYTOSIS; LUNG EDEMA; LYSIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCORPION; TIME; TOXIN ANALYSIS;

ANIMALIA; SCORPIONES; TITYUS; TITYUS SERRULATUS;

EID: 0037377170     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0041-0101(02)00391-4     Document Type: Article

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