Biological and biochemical properties of Scatophagus argus venom

Toxicon

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 563-571

  Sivan, Gisha ^a   Venketesvaran, K ^b   Radhakrishnan, C K ^a  

^a Department of Physics   (India)

^b CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF FISHERIES EDUCATION   (India)

Author keywords

Cytotoxicity; Haemolytic; Nociception; Proteolytic; Scatophagus

Indexed keywords

ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; CREATINE KINASE; FISH VENOM; HISTAMINE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; PHENIRAMINE MALEATE; PHOSPHOLIPASE A2;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; CYTOTOXICITY TEST; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ERYTHROCYTE; FISH; HELA CELL; HEMOLYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; MOUSE; MUSCLE INJURY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; SCATOPHAGUS ARGUS; THROMBOCYTE; TOXICITY TESTING; TOXIN ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; BLOOD PLATELETS; CELL SURVIVAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EDEMA; FISH VENOMS; HEMOLYSIS; HUMANS; LETHAL DOSE 50; MALE; MICE; PERCIFORMES;

ANIMALIA; MUS; SCATOPHAGUS; SCATOPHAGUS ARGUS;

EID: 34548482977     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2007.05.002     Document Type: Article

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