Biochemical and enzymatic changes after black scorpion Heterometrus fastigiousus Couzijn envenomation in experimental albino mice

Journal of Applied Toxicology

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 874-884

  Chaubey, Mukesh Kumar ^a   Upadhyay, Ravi Kant ^b  

^a Mahatma Gandhi Post Graduate College   (India)

^b D D U GORAKHPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Glycogenolysis; Heterometrus fastigiousus; Hyperglycemia; Hyperuricemia; Scorpion venom; Serum enzymes

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ACID PHOSPHATASE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE (POTASSIUM SODIUM); ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; AMINO ACID; CHOLESTEROL; GLUCOSE; GLYCOGEN; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; PROTEIN; PYRUVIC ACID; SCORPION VENOM; URIC ACID;

ACID PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; BODY WEIGHT; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COLUMN CHROMATOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVENOMATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; ENZYME INHIBITION; FRACTIONATION; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLYCOGEN ANALYSIS; GLYCOGEN LIVER LEVEL; GLYCOGEN MUSCLE LEVEL; HEART ATRIUM; HEART VENTRICLE; HETEROMETRUS FASTIGIOUSUS; IN VITRO STUDY; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE BLOOD LEVEL; LD 50; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MOUSE; MUSCLE LEVEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCLE; SCORPION; TOXICITY TESTING; URIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BITES AND STINGS; CHEMICAL FRACTIONATION; CLINICAL CHEMISTRY TESTS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ENZYME INHIBITORS; ENZYMES; GLYCOGEN; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SCORPION VENOMS; SCORPIONS;

ANDROCTONUS CRASSICAUDA; HETEROMETRUS; MUS; SCORPIONES; SCORPIONIDAE;

EID: 55449085855     PISSN: 0260437X     EISSN: 10991263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jat.1351     Document Type: Article

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