In vitro toxicity assessment caused by Rophalurus junceus scorpion poison though a cellular assay;Evaluación de la toxicidad in vitro del veneno del alacrán Rophalurus junceus a través de un ensayo celular

Revista Cubana de Investigaciones Biomedicas

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Hernández Betancourt, Oscar ^a   Casado Hernández, Imilla ^a   Iglesias Huerta, Eldris ^b   Ramírez Labrada, Ariel ^c   del Risco Ramos, Jorge ^a   Rodríguez Pargas, Ayni ^b  

^a Centro de Inmunología y Productos Biológicos   (Cuba)

^b Centro de Inmunología y Productos Biológicos   (Cuba)

^c Policlínico 'Ignacio Agramonte'   (Cuba)

Author keywords

Cellular lines; Cytotoxic effect; Escozul; In vitro; Rophalutus junceus; Scorpions

Indexed keywords

EID: 67149123500     PISSN: 08640300     EISSN: 15613011     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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