Citation

Auerbach PS, McKinney HE, Rees RS, Heggers JP. Toxicon 1987; 25(12): 1350-1353.

Affiliation

Department of Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee 37232.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1987, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

3438924

Abstract

Fluid aspirated from blisters following a lionfish (Pterois volitans) sting was analyzed utilizing combined capillary column gas chromatography and negative ion chemical ionization mass spectrometry. Analysis for prostaglandin F2 alpha demonstrated 16.91 ng/ml, for prostaglandin E2 0.143 ng/ml, for 6-keto-prostaglandin F1 alpha less than 0.1 ng/ml (nondetectable) and for thromboxane B2 1.65 ng/ml. Platelet aggregation studies showed that blister fluid caused aggregation of isolated platelets only, which was inhibited by heat treatment or by the presence of normal donor plasma.

Language: en