The antisnake venom activities of Parkia biglobosa (Mimosaceae) stem bark extract

Toxicon

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 763-768

  Asuzu, I U ^a   Harvey, A L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antidote; Cobra; Neuromuscular; Plant extracts; Snake venom; Viper

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; CARBACHOL; METHANOL; PARKIA BIGLOBOSA EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BARK; BLEEDING; CHICK EMBRYO; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG CYTOTOXICITY; FEMALE; LETHAL DOSE; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MUSCLE CONTRACTURE; MUSCLE TISSUE; MUSCLE TWITCH; NONHUMAN; PARKIA BIGLOBOSA; PLANT STEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TOXICITY TESTING;

ECHIS OCELLATUS; FABACEAE; MURINAE; NAJA NIGRICOLLIS; PARKIA BIGLOBOSA; SERPENTES; VIPER;

EID: 1642493872     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2003.10.004     Document Type: Article

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