Intraspecific variation in the venom of the vermivorous cone snail Conus vexillum

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - C Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 154, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 318-325

  Abdel Rahman, Mohamed A ^a   Abdel Nabi, Ismail M ^a   El Naggar, Mohamed S ^a   Abbas, Osama A ^b   Strong, Peter N ^c  

^a Suez Canal University   (Egypt)

^b PORT SAID UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Conus vexillum; Oxidative stress; Red Sea, Egypt; Venom diversity; Worm hunting cone snails

Indexed keywords

CATALASE; GLUTATHIONE; MALONALDEHYDE; NITRIC OXIDE; SNAIL VENOM; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONUS SNAIL; CONUS VEXILLUM; CYTOTOXICITY; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CARBONYLATION;

CONUS VEXILLUM; GASTROPODA; MUS;

EID: 80052597616     PISSN: 15320456     EISSN: 18781659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpc.2011.06.019     Document Type: Article

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