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Polish Academy of Sciences 		Pol. J. Pharmacol., 2000, 52, 323-326
ISSN 1230-6002
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PRELIMINARY COMMUNICATION
 EXPERIMENTAL PERITONITIS IN ANURAN AMPHIBIANS IS NOT SUPPRESSED BY MORPHINE TREATMENT
 Elżbieta Kołaczkowska1, Elżbieta Menaszek2, Rolf Seljelid1, Barbara Płytycz1,3,#
 1 Department of Experimental Pathology, Institute of Medical Biology, University of Tromso, N-9037 Tromso, Norway,
2 Department of Cytobiology and Histochemistry, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Medyczna 9, Kraków, Poland,
3 Department of Evolutionary Immunobiology, Institute of Zoology, Jagiellonian University, R. Ingardena 6, PL 30-060 Kraków, Poland

Experimental peritonitis in anuran amphibians is not suppressed by morphine treatment. E. KOŁACZKOWSKA, E. MENASZEK, R. SELJELID, B. PŁYTYCZ. Pol. J. Pharmacol., 2000, 52, 323-326.

Morphine-induced inhibition of peritoneal inflammation, consistently recorded in several murine strains and in fish (salmon and goldfish), was not observed in the investigated species of anuran amphibians (Rana temporaria, Rana esculenta and Bombina bombina).

Key words: Rana temporaria, Rana esculenta, Bombina bombina, inflammation
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