New insights on arthropod toxins that potentiate erectile function

Toxicon

Volumn 69, Issue , 2013, Pages 152-159

  Nunes, Kenia P ^a   Torres, Fernanda S ^b   Borges, Marcia H ^c   Matavel, Alessandra ^c   Pimenta, Adriano M C ^b   De Lima, Maria E ^b  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^c FUNDAÇÃO EZEQUIEL DIAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Erectile dysfunction; PnTx2 6; Priapism; Scorpion venom; Spider venom; Ts3

Indexed keywords

7 NITROINDAZOLE; APHRODISIAC AGENT; ATROPINE; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NATURAL PRODUCT; NEW DRUG; OMEGA CONOTOXIN; PHOSPHODIESTERASE V INHIBITOR; PNTX2 5; PNTX2 6; SCORPION VENOM; SILDENAFIL; SODIUM CHANNEL; SPIDER VENOM; TADALAFIL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VARDENAFIL; PEPTIDE; TX2 5 PROTEIN, PHONEUTRIA NIGRIVENTER; TX2 6 PROTEIN, PHONEUTRIA NIGRIVENTER; TX2-5 PROTEIN, PHONEUTRIA NIGRIVENTER; TX2-6 PROTEIN, PHONEUTRIA NIGRIVENTER; ARTHROPOD VENOM; PNTX2 6 PROTEIN;

ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; DIABETES MELLITUS; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; ETHNIC GROUP; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PENIS ERECTION; PHONEUTRIA NIGRIVENTER; POISONOUS SCORPION; PRIAPISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURIFICATION; SODIUM CURRENT; TITYUS SERRULATUS; TOXICOKINETICS; TOXIN STRUCTURE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; MALE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SCORPION; SPIDER; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; DRUG EFFECTS; DRUG RESEARCH; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

ANIMALIA; ARANEAE; ARTHROPODA; PHONEUTRIA NIGRIVENTER; SCORPIONES; TITYUS SERRULATUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HUMANS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PENILE ERECTION; PEPTIDES; PRIAPISM; SCORPION VENOMS; SCORPIONS; SPIDER VENOMS; SPIDERS;

EID: 84878517789     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: 18793150     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2013.03.017     Document Type: Article

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