Effect of Mucuna pruriens seed extract pretreatment on the responses of spontaneously beating rat atria and aortic ring to Naja sputatrix (Javan spitting cobra) venom

Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 2012, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Fung, Shin Yee ^a   Tan, Nget Hong ^a   Sim, Si Mui ^a   Aguiyi, John C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JOS   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MUCUNA PRURIENS SEED EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; SNAKE VENOM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEART ATRIUM; HEART ATRIUM CONTRACTILITY; HEART ATRIUM RATE; HEART FUNCTION; HEART PROTECTION; LD 50; MALE; NAJA SPUTATRIX; NONHUMAN; PLANT SEED; PREMEDICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SNAKE; VASCULAR RING; VELVET BEAN;

EID: 80052731735     PISSN: 1741427X     EISSN: 17414288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2012/486390     Document Type: Article

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