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Showing 1 to 4 of 4 for “"Bufo marinus"”.
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Evidence for the Use of Bufo marinus in the Olmec Shamanic Tool Kit
… use of toad imagery in Olmec iconography. The Bufo marinus, secretes a highly toxic poison that, when used with discretion, has hallucinogenic properties. Both archaeological and artistic representations strongly suggest imagery of the Bufo marinus was used in Olmec art as a focus of …
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A study of the role of glycogen in skeletal muscle performance and of myosin heavy chain isoform expression in amphibian skeletal muscle using the toad Bufo marinus
… used throughout this study was the cane toad Bufo marinus.
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The Inactivation of Neurohypophyseal Hormones by the Toad Bladder
<p>The urinary bladder of the toad, Bufo marinus, was homogenized and the particle-free supernatant fraction prepared. Incubation of this fraction with the hormones, oxytocin, arginine vasopressin, lysine vasopressin, and oxytocin ring amide caused their inactivation. The decrease in hormone …