An in vivo examination of the stability of venom from the Australian box jellyfish Chironex fleckeri

Toxicon

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 804-809

  Winter, K L ^a   Isbister, G K ^a,b   Seymour, J E ^c   Hodgson, W C ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

^c JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular; Chironex fleckeri; Jellyfish; Stability; Venom

Indexed keywords

COELENTERATE VENOM; JELLYFISH TOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR EFFECT; CHIRONEX FLECKERI; CONTROLLED STUDY; FREEZE DRYING; HYPERTENSION; JELLYFISH; MALE; MOLECULAR STABILITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; THERMOSTABILITY; TOXICITY TESTING; TOXIN ANALYSIS; TOXIN STRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CNIDARIAN VENOMS; CUBOZOA; DRUG STABILITY; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TEMPERATURE;

CHIRONEX FLECKERI; CUBOZOA; RATTUS; SCYPHOZOA;

EID: 34247149380     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2006.11.031     Document Type: Article

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