Protective effects of aprotinin on respiratory and cardiac abnormalities induced by Mesobuthus tamulus venom in adult rats

Toxicon

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 201-205

  Pandey, Ratna ^a   Deshpande, Shripad B ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Buthus tamulus; Compliance; Indian red scorpion; Kinin; Pulmonary edema

Indexed keywords

APROTININ; SCORPION VENOM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APNEA; ARTICLE; BREATHING RATE; CARDIOTOXICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DRUG EFFECT; HEART PROTECTION; HEART RATE; HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING; LUNG COMPLIANCE; LUNG FLUID; LUNG TOXICITY; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MESOBUTHUS TAMULUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; SCORPION; TOXIN ANALYSIS; WATER CONTENT;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; APROTININ; BLOOD PRESSURE; ENZYME INHIBITORS; HEART RATE; MALE; PULMONARY EDEMA; RATS; RESPIRATION; SCORPION VENOMS; SCORPIONS;

ANIMALIA; BUTHUS; MESOBUTHUS TAMULUS; SCORPIONES;

EID: 3042792908     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2004.05.025     Document Type: Article

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