The in vitro and in vivo pharmacological activity of Boiga dendrophila (mangrove catsnake) venom

Autonomic and Autacoid Pharmacology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 107-113

  Lumsden, N G ^a   Fry, B G ^b   Ventura, S ^c   Kini, R M ^d   Hodgson, W C ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Anaesthetized rat; Colubrid; Guinea pig ileum; Rat vas deferens; Snake; Venom

Indexed keywords

8 CYCLOPENTYL 1,3 DIPROPYLXANTHINE; 8 PHENYLTHEOPHYLLINE; ADENOSINE; ADENOSINE A1 RECEPTOR; ADENOSINE DEAMINASE; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; DIPYRIDAMOLE; IDAZOXAN; MEPYRAMINE; MUSCARINIC RECEPTOR; PURINE RECEPTOR; RANITIDINE; SNAKE VENOM; THIOPERAMIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BOIGA DENDROPHILA; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG POTENTIATION; GUINEA PIG; HYPOTENSION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PROSTATE; RAT; SMOOTH MUSCLE; SNAKE; VAS DEFERENS;

ADENOSINE; ADENOSINE DEAMINASE; ADRENERGIC ALPHA-ANTAGONISTS; ANESTHESIA; ANIMALS; BLOOD PRESSURE; COLUBRIDAE; DRUG INTERACTIONS; EPIDIDYMIS; GUINEA PIGS; HEART RATE; HISTAMINE; HISTAMINE H2 ANTAGONISTS; ILEUM; MALE; MUSCARINIC ANTAGONISTS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PROSTATE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, MUSCARINIC; RECEPTORS, PURINERGIC; SNAKE VENOMS; VAS DEFERENS; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 10644233811     PISSN: 14748665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-8673.2004.00322.x     Document Type: Article

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