Composition of indolealkylamines of Bufo rubescens cutaneous secretions compared to six other Brazilian bufonids with phylogenetic implications

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 134, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 641-649

  Maciel, Natan M ^a   Schwartz, Carlos Alberto ^a   Rodrigues Pires Jr , Osmindo ^a   Sebben, Antonio ^a   Castro, Mariana S ^a   Sousa, Marcelo V ^a   Fontes, Wagner ^a   Ferroni Schwartz, Elisabeth N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bufo rubescens; Bufonidae; Indolealkylamines; Parotoid glands; Phylogeny; Skin glands; Skin secretion; Thin layer chromatography (TLC)

Indexed keywords

AMINE; BUFOTENINE; SEROTONIN;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; BUFO RUBESCENS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PAROTID GLAND; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN SECRETION; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY; TIBIA;

ANURA; BUFO; BUFONIDAE;

EID: 0037378151     PISSN: 10964959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1096-4959(03)00022-8     Document Type: Article

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