Acute physiopathological effects of honeybee (Apis mellifera) envenoming by subcutaneous route in a mouse model

Toxicon

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1007-1017

  Prado, Mónica ^a   Solano Trejos, Gabriela ^a   Lomonte, Bruno ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

Africanized; Apis mellifera; Honeybee; Mouse; Toxicity; Venom

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BEE VENOM; CHLORIDE ION; CREATINE KINASE; CREATININE; FIBRINOGEN; HEMOGLOBIN; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6; MALONALDEHYDE; MELITTIN; NITRIC OXIDE; PHOSPHOLIPASE A2; PROTHROMBIN; SODIUM ION; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UREA;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BEE STING; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; CHLORIDE BLOOD LEVEL; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDEMA; ENVENOMATION; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOCONCENTRATION; HONEYBEE; INFLAMMATION; KIDNEY INJURY; LETHAL DOSE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LIVER INJURY; MALE; MOUSE; MUSCLE INJURY; MUSCLE TOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTHROMBIN TIME; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; TOXICITY; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL;

ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ANIMALS; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; BEE VENOMS; BEES; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD COAGULATION; CYTOKINES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DRUG SYNERGISM; FEMALE; INJECTIONS, SUBCUTANEOUS; INSECT BITES AND STINGS; LETHAL DOSE 50; MALE; MELITTEN; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; MYOSITIS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHOSPHOLIPASES A2;

ANIMALIA; APIS MELLIFERA; APIS MELLIFERA SCUTELLATA; APOIDEA;

EID: 77956062150     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2010.07.005     Document Type: Article

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