Further studies on pumiliotoxin 251D and hydroquinone content of the skin secretion of Melanophryniscus species (Anura, Bufonidae) from Uruguay

Toxicon

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 166-169

  Mebs, Dietrich ^a   Maneyro, Raúl ^b   Pogoda, Werner ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Facultad de Ciencias   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

Alkaloids; Hydroquinone; M. devincenzii; Melanophryniscus atroluteus; Pumiliotoxin 251D; Skin secretion

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ALKALOID; CAMPTOTHECIN; HYDROQUINONE; PUMILIOTOXIN;

ARTICLE; ASSAY; EGG; FROGS AND TOADS; MELANOPHRYNISCUS ATROLUTEUS; MELANOPHRYNISCUS DEVINCENZII; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE; SKIN SECRETION; TADPOLE; URUGUAY;

ANIMALS; BUFONIDAE; DIET; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HYDROQUINONES; INDOLIZINES; LARVA; OVUM; SKIN;

ANIMALIA; ANURA; BUFONIDAE; MELANOPHRYNISCUS; MELANOPHRYNISCUS ATROLUTEUS; MELANOPHRYNISCUS DEVINCENZII;

EID: 34249808799     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2007.02.017     Document Type: Article

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