A pharmacological investigation of the venom extract of the Australian box jellyfish, Chironex fleckeri, in cardiac and vascular tissues.

Hughes, Richard J A

A pharmacological investigation of the venom extract of the Australian box jellyfish, Chironex fleckeri, in cardiac and vascular tissues. [electronic resource] - Toxicology letters Feb 2012 - 11-20 p. digital

Publication Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

1879-3169

10.1016/j.toxlet.2011.11.025 doi


Animals
Antivenins--pharmacology
Blood Vessels--drug effects
Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide--physiology
Catecholamines--analysis
Cnidarian Venoms--chemistry
Cubozoa--metabolism
Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
Electric Stimulation
Electromagnetic Fields
Heart--drug effects
Heart Atria--drug effects
In Vitro Techniques
Male
Mesenteric Arteries--drug effects
Myocardial Contraction--drug effects
Rats
Rats, Sprague-Dawley
Tissue Extracts--chemistry