Comparative morphological study of the venom glands of the centipede Cryptops iheringi, Otostigmus pradoi and Scolopendra viridicornis

Toxicon

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 367-374

  Antoniazzi, Marta M ^a   Pedroso, Cátia M ^a   Knysak, Irene ^a   Martins, Rosana ^a   Guizze, Samuel P G ^a   Jared, Carlos ^a   Barbaro, Kátia C ^a  

^a INSTITUTO BUTANTAN   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Centipedes; Cryptops; Morphology; Otostigmus; Scolopendra; Venom glands

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPOD VENOM; BROMOPHENOL BLUE; HYALIN; POLYSACCHARIDE; PROTEIN;

ACCIDENT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CELL VACUOLE; CENTIPEDE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOPS IHERINGI; GRANULE CELL; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HISTOLOGY; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OTOSTIGMUS PRADOI; PERIODIC ACID SCHIFF STAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCOLOPENDRA VIRIDICORNIS; SECRETORY CELL; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPECIES; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANATOMY, COMPARATIVE; ANIMALS; ARTHROPOD VENOMS; ARTHROPODS; BRAZIL; EXOCRINE GLANDS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; PHOTOMICROGRAPHY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

CHILOPODA; CRYPTOPS; OTOSTIGMUS; SCOLOPENDRA;

EID: 59449107827     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2008.12.010     Document Type: Article

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