Toxic effects of strychnine and strychnine N-oxide on zebrafish embryos

Chinese Journal of Natural Medicines

Volumn 12, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 760-767

  Li, Yu ^a   Qi, Xu ^b   Yang, Yu Wei ^a   Pan, Yang ^a   Bian, Hui Min ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

^b THE FIRST AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF NANJING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Strychnine; Strychnine N oxide; Toxicity; Zebrafish embryos

Indexed keywords

ACRIDINE ORANGE; CASPASE 3; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN P53; STRYCHNINE; STRYCHNINE N OXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; AMINE OXIDE; HERBACEOUS AGENT; STRYCHNINE N-OXIDE; ZEBRAFISH PROTEIN;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL TOXICITY; DNA CONTENT; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CELL; EMBRYOTOXICITY; FERTILIZATION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HATCHING; NONHUMAN; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA EXTRACTION; SURVIVAL RATE; WILD TYPE; ZEBRA FISH; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; EMBRYOLOGY; FEMALE; GENETICS; MALE; METABOLISM; OXIDATIVE STRESS; STRYCHNOS;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CYCLIC N-OXIDES; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; FEMALE; MALE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; STRYCHNINE; STRYCHNOS; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEIN P53; ZEBRAFISH; ZEBRAFISH PROTEINS;

EID: 84921772167     PISSN: 20956975     EISSN: 18755364     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1875-5364(14)60116-3     Document Type: Article

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