Effects of equinatoxin II from Actinia equina (L.) on isolated rat heart: The role of direct cardiotoxic effects in equinatoxin II lethality

Toxicon

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 109-123

  Bunc, Matjaž ^a   Drevenšek, Gorazd ^a   Budihna, Metka ^a   Šuput, Dušan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EQUINATOXIN; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARDIOTOXICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; ENZYME RELEASE; HEART ARREST; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE PRESSURE; HEART PERFUSION; ISOLATED HEART; LETHALITY; LUNG PERFUSION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ACTINIA EQUINA; ACTINIARIA; ANEMONE; ANIMALIA;

EID: 0345451634     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0041-0101(98)00168-8     Document Type: Article

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