Main alkaloids from the Brazilian dendrobatidae frog Epipedobates flavopictus: Pumiliotoxin 251D, histrionicotoxin and decahydroquinolines

Toxicon

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 303-310

  Mortari, Márcia Renata ^a   Schwartz, Elisabeth N Ferroni ^a   Schwartz, Carlos Alberto ^a   Pires Jr , Osmindo Rodrigues ^a   Santos, Marcello Moreira ^a   Bloch Jr , Carlos ^b   Sebben, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^b EMBRAPA RECURSOS GENÉTICOS E BIOTECNOLOGIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Alkaloids; Decahydroquinoline; Dendrobatidae; Epipedobates flavopictus; Histrionicotoxin; Pumiliotoxin

Indexed keywords

ALKALOID; DECAHYDROQUINOLINE 219A; DECAHYDROQUINOLINE 243A; DECAHYDROQUINOLINE DERIVATIVE; HISTRIONICOTOXIN; PUMILIOTOXIN; PUMILIOTOXIN 251D; TISSUE EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIPEDOBATES FLAVOPICTUS; FROG; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GUINEA PIG; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; ILEUM; ILEUM CONTRACTION; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOUSE; MUSCLE TONE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURIFICATION; SCIATIC NERVE; SKIN;

ALKALOIDS; AMPHIBIAN VENOMS; ANIMALS; ANURA; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; GUINEA PIGS; ILEUM; LETHAL DOSE 50; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; SCIATIC NERVE; SKIN;

ANURA; CAVIA PORCELLUS; DENDROBATIDAE; EPIPEDOBATES; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 1642403612     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2004.01.001     Document Type: Article

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