Cytolytic and systemic toxic effects induced by the aqueous extract of the fire coral Millepora alcicornis collected in the Mexican Caribbean and detection of two types of cytolisins

BACKGROUND: Millepora alcicornis is a branching hydrocoral common throughout the Caribbean Sea. Like other members of this genus, this species is capable of inducing skin eruptions and blisters with severe pain after contact. In the present study, we investigated the toxicity of the M. alcicornis aq...

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Autores principales: Hernández-Matehuala, Rosalina, Rojas-Molina, Alejandra, Vuelvas-Solórzano, Alma Angelica, Garcia-Arredondo, Alejandro, Alvarado, Cesar Ibarra, Olguín-López, Norma, Aguilar, Manuel
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
Materias:
Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4583735/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26413086
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40409-015-0035-6

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