Comparative analyses of inorganic elements in venoms from three subspecies of Crotalus durissus from Brazil

Journal of Natural Toxins

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 103-110

  Laporta Ferreira, Iara L ^a   Santos, Selma M A ^a   Santoro, Marcelo L ^a   Saiki, Mitiko ^b   Vasconcelos, Marina B A ^b  

^a INSTITUTO BUTANTAN   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO DE PESQUISAS ENERGÉTICAS E NUCLEARES   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CROTALUS; CROTALUS DURISSUS; CROTALUS DURISSUS COLLILINEATUS; CROTALUS DURISSUS TERRIFICUS; ELAPIDAE; SERPENTES;

EID: 0031041815     PISSN: 10588108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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