Correlation between blood pressure, cytokines and nitric oxide in conscious rabbits injected with Leiurus quinquestriatus quinquestriatus scorpion venom

Toxicon

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 471-480

  Abdoon, Nuzha A ^a   Fatani, Amal J ^b  

^a KING FAHAD NATIONAL GUARD HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

^b KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Cytokine; Inflammatory mediators; Leiurus quinquestriatus venom; Nitric oxide

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; INTERLEUKIN 8; NITRIC OXIDE; SCORPION VENOM; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVENOMATION; HYPOTENSION; LEIURUS QUINQUESTRIATUS QUINQUESTRIATUS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RABBIT; SCORPION;

ANIMALS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY WEIGHT; CONSCIOUSNESS; CYTOKINES; INTERLEUKIN-8; LUNG; MALE; NITRIC OXIDE; ORGAN SIZE; RABBITS; SCORPION VENOMS; SCORPIONS; SERUM; TIME FACTORS; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

ANIMALIA; LEIURUS QUINQUESTRIATUS; LEIURUS QUINQUESTRIATUS QUINQUESTRIATUS; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; SCORPIONES;

EID: 67650269408     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2009.05.009     Document Type: Article

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