In vitro cardiotoxicity and mechanism of action of the Egyptian green toad Bufo viridis skin secretions

Toxicology in Vitro

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 480-485

  Abdel Rahman, Mohamed A ^a   Ahmed, Sherifa Hamid ^b   Nabil, Zohour I ^a  

^a Suez Canal University   (Egypt)

^b SUEZ CANAL UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Bufadienolides; Bufo viridis skin secretions; ECG; Egypt; Toad's heart

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE (POTASSIUM SODIUM); ATROPINE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; BUFADIENOLIDE DERIVATIVE; PROPRANOLOL; VERAPAMIL;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARDIOTOXICITY; CHRONOTROPISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGYPT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ENZYME INHIBITION; EXTRASYSTOLE; HEART BLOCK; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION DISTURBANCE; HEART MUSCLE POTENTIAL; HEART RATE; HEART VENTRICLE CONTRACTION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; IN VITRO STUDY; INOTROPISM; ISOLATED HEART; MALE; NONHUMAN; QRS COMPLEX; R WAVE; SINUS ARRHYTHMIA; SKIN SECRETION; TOAD;

ANIMALS; BUFONIDAE; HEART; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART RATE; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; SKIN; TIME FACTORS; TOXINS, BIOLOGICAL;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; ANURA; BUFO DEBILIS; BUFO VIRIDIS;

EID: 76549121007     PISSN: 08872333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tiv.2009.09.021     Document Type: Article

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