Counteracting effect of glycyrrhizin on the hemostatic abnormalities induced by Bothrops jararaca snake venom

British Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 148, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 807-813

  Assafim, Mariane ^a   Ferreira, Marcos S ^a   Frattani, Flávia S ^a   Guimarães, Jorge A ^b   Monteiro, Robson Q ^a   Zingali, Russolina B ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Antibothropic serum; B. jararaca venom; Glycyrrhizin; Venous thrombosis

Indexed keywords

ANILIDE; BATROXOBIN; DEXTRO PHENYLALANYLPIPECOLYLARGININE 4 NITROANILIDE; FIBRINOGEN; GLYCYRRHIZIC ACID; SNAKE VENOM; VENOM ANTISERUM;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD CLOTTING; BLOOD CLOTTING TIME; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG POTENTIATION; EX VIVO STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; HEMOSTASIS; HYDROLYSIS; IC 50; IN VITRO STUDY; LOW DRUG DOSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; THROMBOCYTE AGGREGATION; THROMBOGENESIS; WEIGHT;

ANIMALS; ANTIVENINS; BOTHROPS; CROTALID VENOMS; GLYCYRRHIZIC ACID; HEMORRHAGE; HEMOSTASIS; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; PROTHROMBIN TIME; RABBITS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 33746085197     PISSN: 00071188     EISSN: 14765381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0706786     Document Type: Article

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