Edematogenic activity of scorpion venoms from the Buthidae family and the role of platelet-activating factor and nitric oxide in paw edema induced by Tityus venoms

Inflammation

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 57-64

  Severino, D N ^a   Pereira, R L ^a   Knysak, I ^b   Candido D M ^b   Kwasniewski, F H ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDADE DE MOGI DAS CRUZES   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO BUTANTAN   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Nitric oxide; Platelet activating factor; Rhopalurus; Scorpion venom; Tityus

Indexed keywords

BEPAFANT; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; SCORPION VENOM; THROMBOCYTE ACTIVATING FACTOR; TITYUS TOXIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVENOMATION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PAW EDEMA; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RHOPALURUS ROCHAI; SCORPION; TITYUS BAHIENSIS; TITYUS SERRULATUS;

ANIMALS; EDEMA; HINDLIMB; MALE; MICE; NITRIC OXIDE; PLATELET ACTIVATING FACTOR; SCORPION VENOMS; SCORPIONS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

BUTHIDAE; MUS; RHOPALURUS; SCORPIONES; TITYUS; TITYUS BAHIENSIS; TITYUS SERRULATUS;

EID: 58349102040     PISSN: 03603997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10753-008-9102-2     Document Type: Article

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