Toxic and lethal effects of ostreolysin, a cytolytic protein from edible oyster mushroom (Pleurotus ostreatus), in rodents

Toxicon

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 264-271

  Žužek, Monika Cecilija ^a   Maček, Peter ^a   Sepčić, Kristina ^a   Cestnik, Vojteh ^a   Frangež, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Acute toxicity; Cardiorespiratory effect; Haemolysis; LD50; Mice; Ostreolysin; Pleurotus ostreatus; Rats

Indexed keywords

CYTOPLASM PROTEIN; OSTREOLYSIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BRADYCARDIA; BREATHING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CYTOLYSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ERYTHROCYTE; FOOD POISONING; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART VENTRICLE EXTRASYSTOLE; HEMOLYSIS; HYPERKALEMIA; HYPERTENSION; HYPOXIA; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LD 50; LETHALITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PLEUROTUS OSTREATUS; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TOXICITY; VAGOTOMY;

ANIMALS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FUNGAL PROTEINS; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; HEMOLYSIS; LETHAL DOSE 50; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; PLEUROTUS;

ANIMALIA; OSTREA EDULIS; PLEUROTUS OSTREATUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 33746954571     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2006.05.011     Document Type: Article

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