Biochemical and pharmacological characterization of toxins obtained from the fire coral Millepora complanata

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - C Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 146, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 511-518

  Ibarra Alvarado, César ^a   Alejandro Garcia J ^a,b   Aguilar, Manuel B ^b   Rojas, Alejandra ^a   Falcón, Andrés ^b   Heimer de la Cotera, Edgar P ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE QUERÉTARO   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO DE NEUROBIOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Hemolysis; Millepora complanata; Phospholipase A2; Toxin; Vasoconstriction

Indexed keywords

CAFFEINE; CALCIUM ION; CHOLESTEROL; IONOMYCIN; MARINE TOXIN; PHOSPHOLIPASE A2; RYANODINE; VERAPAMIL;

ANIMAL TISSUE; AORTA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORAL; ELECTROPHORESIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ERYTHROCYTE; HEMOLYSIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REVERSED PHASE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; VASOCONSTRICTION;

ANTHOZOA; MILLEPORA COMPLANATA; MILLEPORIDAE; RATTUS;

EID: 34848904755     PISSN: 15320456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpc.2007.06.002     Document Type: Article

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