Inhibitory properties of the antibothropic complex from the South American opossum (Didelphis marsupialis) serum

Toxicon

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 849-863

  Neves Ferreira, Ana G C ^a,b   Perales, Jonas ^a   Ovadia, Michael ^c   Moussatché, Haity ^a   Domont, Gilberto B ^b  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METALLOPROTEINASE INHIBITOR; SNAKE VENOM; SNAKE VENOM ANTISERUM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; ENVENOMATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OPOSSUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERUM;

ANIMALS; ANTIVENINS; BOTHROPS; CROTALID VENOMS; HEMORRHAGE; HYDROLYSIS; MICE; OPOSSUMS; VIPER VENOMS;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOTHROPS JARARACA; CROTALINAE; DIDELPHIDAE; DIDELPHIS MARSUPIALIS; SERPENTES; VIPERINAE;

EID: 0031172514     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0041-0101(96)00195-X     Document Type: Article

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