Cardiovascular effects and lethality of venom from nematocysts of the box-jellyfish Chiropsalmus quadrigatus (Habu-kurage) in anaesthetized rats

Toxicon

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 519-526

  Noguchi, Katsuhiko ^a   Sakanashi, Mayuko ^a   Matsuzaki, Toshihiro ^a   Nakasone, Junko ^a   Sakanashi, Makiko ^a   Koyama, Tomoyuki ^a   Hamadate, Naobumi ^a   Sakanashi, Matao ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chiropsalmus quadrigatus; Haemodynamics; Nematocyst; Nicardipine; Venom

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE; CHIROPSALMUS QUADRIGATUS VENOM; CYCLO(DEXTRO TRYPTOPHYL DEXTRO ASPARTYLPROLYL DEXTRO VALYLLEUCYL); LIDOCAINE; NICARDIPINE; PRAZOSIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VENOM; VERAPAMIL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRADYCARDIA; CALCULATION; CARDIOVASCULAR EFFECT; CHIROPSALMUS QUADRIGATUS; CONDUCTANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMORAL ARTERY FLOW; HEART ARREST; HEATING; HEMODYNAMICS; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTENSION; JELLYFISH; LETHALITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE PRESSURE; RAT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURVIVAL; THERMOSTABILITY;

CHIROPSALMUS QUADRIGATUS; CUBOZOA; TRIMERESURUS FLAVOVIRIDIS;

EID: 13944262002     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2004.12.015     Document Type: Article

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