Studies on the poisonous skin secretion of individual red bellied toads, Melanophryniscus montevidensis (Anura, Bufonidae), from Uruguay

Toxicon

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 641-650

  Mebs, Dietrich ^a   Pogoda, Werner ^a   Maneyro, Raul ^b,c   Kwet, Axel ^d  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Facultad de Ciencias   (Uruguay)

^c PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^d STAATLICHES MUSEUM FÜR NATURKUNDE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alkaloids; Hydroquinone; Melanophryniscus montevidensis; Pumiliotoxin; Red bellied toad; Skin secretion

Indexed keywords

ALKALOID; HYDROQUINONE; INDOLIZIDINE ALKALOID; METHANOL EXTRACTION RESIDUE; PUMILIOTOXIN; TOXIN;

ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; FOOD; FROGS AND TOADS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MELANOPHRYNISCUS MONTEVIDENSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SKIN SECRETION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TOAD; URUGUAY;

ALKALOIDS; AMPHIBIAN VENOMS; ANIMALS; BODILY SECRETIONS; BUFONIDAE; FECES; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; INDOLIZINES; INSECTS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; SKIN; URUGUAY;

ANIMALIA; ANURA; ARACHNIDA; ARTHROPODA; BUFONIDAE; COLEOPTERA; FORMICIDAE; INSECTA; ISOPTERA; MELANOPHRYNISCUS;

EID: 26444437818     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2005.07.004     Document Type: Article

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