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Effects of Synthetic Eledoisin and Bradykinin on Certain Invertebrate Preparations and the Isolated Frog Heart

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THE pharmacological actions of eledoisin and bradykinin have been extensively studied on several vertebrate preparations1. There is, however, little in the literature concerning the actions of these peptides on invertebrate tissues, although eledoisin was discovered in the mollusc Eledone2.

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  1. G. A. COTTRELL

    Present address: Wellcome Laboratories of Pharmacology, Gatty Marine Laboratory, University of St. Andrews, Fife

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COTTRELL, G., WELSH, M. Effects of Synthetic Eledoisin and Bradykinin on Certain Invertebrate Preparations and the Isolated Frog Heart. Nature 212, 838–839 (1966). https://doi.org/10.1038/212838a0

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