A pharmacological and biochemical examination of the geographical variation of Chironex fleckeri venom

Toxicology Letters

Volumn 192, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 419-424

  Winter, Kelly L ^a   Isbister, Geoffrey K ^a,b   McGowan, Sheena ^a   Konstantakopoulos, Nicki ^a   Seymour, Jamie E ^c   Hodgson, Wayne C ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

^c JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Box jellyfish; Cardiovascular; Cytotoxic; Envenoming; Geographical variation; Venom

Indexed keywords

COELENTERATE VENOM;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CHIRONEX FLECKERI; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYPERTENSION; IC 50; MALE; NONHUMAN; POISONOUS JELLYFISH; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEASONAL VARIATION; SHOCK; TOXIN ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CELL LINE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GEL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CNIDARIAN VENOMS; CUBOZOA; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; GEOGRAPHY; INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION 50; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; NORTHERN TERRITORY; QUEENSLAND; RATS; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

CHIRONEX FLECKERI; CUBOZOA; RATTUS;

EID: 75349096997     PISSN: 03784274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2009.11.019     Document Type: Article

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