Pharmacological aspects of mouse hind-paw oedema induced by Lachesis muta rhombeata venom

Toxicon

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 771-780

  Soares De Moura, Roberto ^a,b   Aguiar, Aniesse S ^b   Melgarejo, Aníbal R ^b   De Carvalho, Lenise C R M ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b Instituto Vital Brazil   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHYSERGIDE; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; SNAKE VENOM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PAW EDEMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTONIN RELEASE; TOXICITY TESTING;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; BOTHROPS; CROTALID VENOMS; CYCLOOXYGENASE INHIBITORS; EDEMA; ENDOPEPTIDASES; ENZYME INHIBITORS; HEAT; HINDLIMB; HISTAMINE H1 ANTAGONISTS; MALE; MICE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; SEROTONIN ANTAGONISTS; STEROIDS;

ANIMALIA; BOTHROPS JARARACA; LACHESIS; LACHESIS MUTA RHOMBEATA; SERPENTES;

EID: 0345486995     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0041-0101(97)00113-X     Document Type: Article

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