CHARYBDOTOXIN

Charybdotoxin has been used:

• in the inhibition of endothelium-derived hyperpolarizing factor responses
• in electrophysiological studies, as calcium channel blockers
• as a transport inhibitor

Biochemical probe.

Potent and selective inhibitor of the Ca2+-activated K+ channel present in GH3 anterior pituitary cells and primary bovine aortic smooth muscle cells.

-20°C (desiccate)