Pharmacologically distinct cardiovascular effects of box jellyfish (Chironex fleckeri) venom and a tentacle-only extract in rats

Toxicology Letters

Volumn 155, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 219-226

  Ramasamy, Sharmaine ^a   Isbister, Geoffrey K ^a   Seymour, Jamie E ^b   Hodgson, Wayne C ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Box jellyfish; Cardiovascular; Chironex fleckeri; Cubozoa; Tentacle; Venom

Indexed keywords

DODECYL SULFATE SODIUM; KETANSERIN; PRAZOSIN; VENOM;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYPERTENSION; JELLYFISH; MALE; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CNIDARIAN VENOMS; CUBOZOA; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; HYPERTENSION; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

ANIMALIA; CHIRONEX FLECKERI; CUBOZOA; SCYPHOZOA;

EID: 10444230332     PISSN: 03784274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2004.09.018     Document Type: Article

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