Comparative study on the cell toxicity and enzymatic activity of two northern scyphozoan species Cyanea capillata (L.) and Cyanea lamarckii (Péron & Léslieur)

Toxicon

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 53-64

  Helmholz, Heike ^a   Ruhnau, Christiane ^a   Schütt, Christian ^b   Prange, Andreas ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cnidaria; Cyanea; Cytotoxicity; Jellyfish; PLA2; Venom

Indexed keywords

COELENTERATE VENOM; JELLYFISH VENOM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANEA CAPILLATA; CYANEA LAMARCKII; CYTOTOXICITY; DOSE RESPONSE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HEMOLYSIS; HEPATOMA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURIFICATION; SCYPHOZOA;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL SURVIVAL; CNIDARIA; CNIDARIAN VENOMS; ERYTHROCYTES; HEMOLYSIS; HUMANS; NORTH SEA; PHOSPHOLIPASES A2; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

CNIDARIA; CYANEA (CNIDARIA); CYANEA CAPILLATA; CYANEA LAMARCKI; SCYPHOZOA;

EID: 34249814004     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2007.02.014     Document Type: Article

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