Characterisation of some pharmacological effects of the venom from Vipera lebetina

Toxicon

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 385-391

  Fatehi Hassanabad, Zahra ^a   Fatehi, Mohammad ^a  

^a MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Atrium; Blood pressure; Contraction; Ileum; Mesenteric vascular bed; Snake venom; Vipera lebetina

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; MANOALIDE; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; PHENYLEPHRINE; PHOSPHOLIPASE A2; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; PROPRANOLOL; SNAKE VENOM; TOLAZOLINE;

ANESTHESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; CHRONOTROPISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EXPERIMENTAL RAT; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GUINEA PIG; HEART ATRIUM CONTRACTION; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HEMODYNAMICS; HYPOTENSION; ILEUM; ILEUM CONTRACTION; INOTROPISM; ISOLATED ORGAN; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MESENTERY BLOOD FLOW; NONHUMAN; PERFUSION PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; RAT; RECORDING; SHOCK; SNAKE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VIPERA LEBETINA;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BLOOD PRESSURE; GUINEA PIGS; HEART ATRIA; ILEUM; IRAN; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; NG-NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; PROPRANOLOL; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPLANCHNIC CIRCULATION; TERPENES; TOLAZOLINE; VIPER VENOMS; VIPERIDAE;

CAVIA PORCELLUS; MACROVIPERA LEBETINA; SERPENTES; SUS SCROFA; VIPERA;

EID: 1642462848     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2004.01.010     Document Type: Article

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