TY - JOUR
T1 - The saliva of the medicinal leech hirudo medicinalis-II. inhibition of platelet aggregation and of leukocyte activity and examination of reputed anaesthetic effects
AU - Rigbi, Meir
AU - Levy, Haim
AU - Eldor, Amiram
AU - Iraqi, Fuad
AU - Teitelbaum, Mira
AU - Orevi, Miriam
AU - Horovitz, Amnon
AU - Galun, Rachel
PY - 1987
Y1 - 1987
N2 - 1. Leech saliva inhibits platelet aggregation induced by collagen, ADP and epinephrine. 2. Leech saliva inhibits Superoxide production by neutrophils stimulated by tetradecanoyl phorbol acetate or polyhistidine. The effect is due in part at least to eglin. 3. Reputed anaesthetic effects of leech saliva were not detected.
AB - 1. Leech saliva inhibits platelet aggregation induced by collagen, ADP and epinephrine. 2. Leech saliva inhibits Superoxide production by neutrophils stimulated by tetradecanoyl phorbol acetate or polyhistidine. The effect is due in part at least to eglin. 3. Reputed anaesthetic effects of leech saliva were not detected.
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U2 - 10.1016/0742-8413(87)90052-1
DO - 10.1016/0742-8413(87)90052-1
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AN - SCOPUS:0023630328
VL - 88
SP - 95
EP - 98
JO - Comparative biochemistry and physiology. C: Comparative pharmacology
JF - Comparative biochemistry and physiology. C: Comparative pharmacology
SN - 0306-4492
IS - 1
ER -