The in vitro vascular effects of two chirodropid (Chironex fleckeri and Chiropsella bronzie) venoms

Toxicology Letters

Volumn 168, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 13-20

  Winter, Kelly L ^a   Fernando, Ross ^a   Ramasamy, Sharmaine ^a   Seymour, Jamie E ^b   Isbister, Geoffrey K ^c   Hodgson, Wayne C ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Box jellyfish; Chironex fleckeri; Chiropsella bronzie; Rat aorta; Vascular; Venom

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 1 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; ATROPINE; CYCLO(DEXTRO TRYPTOPHYL DEXTRO ASPARTYLPROLYL DEXTRO VALYLLEUCYL); FELODIPINE; ICATIBANT; SNAKE VENOM;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; AORTA; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; CARDIOTOXICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ENDOTHELIUM; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; JELLYFISH; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR BINDING;

ADRENERGIC ALPHA-ANTAGONISTS; ANIMALS; ANTIVENINS; AORTA; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; CNIDARIAN VENOMS; CUBOZOA; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FELODIPINE; MALE; NITROARGININE; PRAZOSIN; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; VASOCONSTRICTION;

CHIRODROPIDAE; CHIRONEX FLECKERI; CUBOZOA;

EID: 33845381144     PISSN: 03784274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2006.10.011     Document Type: Article

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