Assessment of biochemical and hematological parameters in rats injected with Tityus serrulatus scorpion venom

Toxicon

Volumn 56, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1477-1486

  Cusinato, D A C ^a   Souza, A M ^a   Vasconcelos, F ^a,b   Guimaraes L F L ^a   Leite, F P ^a   Gregorio Z M O ^a   Giglio, J R ^a   Arantes, E C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Hematological parameters; Osmotic fragility; Scorpion venom; Serum electrolytes; Serum protein; Tityus serrulatus

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; AMYLASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CALCIUM ION; CATECHOLAMINE; CREATINE KINASE; ELECTROLYTE; HEMOGLOBIN; MAGNESIUM ION; POTASSIUM ION; PROTEIN; SCORPION VENOM; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SODIUM ION; UREA;

ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; AMYLASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD CHEMISTRY; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CATECHOLAMINE RELEASE; CONDUCTANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; DEHYDRATION; ENVENOMATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; ERYTHROCYTE FRAGILITY; HEMATOCRIT; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HYPERGLYCEMIA; MAGNESIUM BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCORPION; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL; TITYUS SERRULATUS; UREA BLOOD LEVEL;

ALBUMINS; ANIMALS; BLOOD; BLOOD PROTEINS; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBINS; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SCORPION VENOMS; SCORPIONS; TIME FACTORS; TOXICITY TESTS;

RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS; SCORPIONES; TITYUS SERRULATUS;

EID: 77958485197     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2010.09.003     Document Type: Article

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