Proteins, lethality and in vivo effects of Iurus dufoureius asiaticus scorpion venom

Toxicon

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 394-399

  Ozkan, Ozcan ^a,b   Ciftci, Gulay ^b   Pekmezci, Gokmen Zafer ^b   Kar, Sirri ^b   Uysal, Hamdi ^b   Karaer, Kadri Zafer ^b  

^a Refik Saydam Hygiene Center   (Turkey)

^b ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

In vivo effects; Iurus dufoureius asiaticus; Lethality; Protein; Scorpion; Venom

Indexed keywords

SCORPION VENOM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; COMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; ENVENOMATION; EXCITABILITY; HYPERSALIVATION; IURUS DUFOUREIUS ASIATICUS; LD 50; LETHALITY; MALE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MOUSE; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; NONHUMAN; PARALYSIS; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ELECTROPHORESIS; SCORPION; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); WEAKNESS;

ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; LETHAL DOSE 50; MICE; PROTEINS; SCORPION VENOMS; SCORPIONS;

IURUS DUFOUREIUS; MUS; SCORPIONES;

EID: 34447639424     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2007.04.010     Document Type: Article

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