A low-cost method to test cytotoxic effects of Crotalus vegrandis (serpentes:viperidae) venom on kidney cell cultures

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 147-152

  Girón, María E ^a   Aguilar, Irma ^a   Romero, Lisandro ^b   Sánchez, Elda E ^a,c   Pérez, John C ^c   Rodriguez Acosta, Alexis ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA   (Venezuela)

^b UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA   (Venezuela)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NONE   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Cellular cultures; Crotalus vegrandis; Kidney cells; Nephrotoxicity; Viperidae

Indexed keywords

SNAKE VENOM;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; ENVENOMATION; FRACTIONATION; GEL PERMEATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; HEMOLYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYPOTENSION; KIDNEY CELL; KIDNEY CORTEX; KIDNEY DISEASE; MALE; MOUSE; NEPHROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; VERO CELL;

EID: 21444453743     PISSN: 00364665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0036-46652005000300006     Document Type: Article

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