Thalassophryne nattereri fish venom: Biological and biochemical characterixation and serum neutralization of its toxic activities

Toxicon

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 405-410

  Lopes Ferreira, M ^a   Barbaro, K C ^a   Cardoso, D F ^a   Moura Da Silva, A M ^a   Mota, I ^a  

^a INSTITUTO BUTANTAN   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FISH VENOM; NEUTRALIZING ANTIBODY; PHOSPHOLIPASE A2;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CONVULSION; EDEMA; ENVENOMATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTATION; TISSUE NECROSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIVENINS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GEL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, ION EXCHANGE; FISH VENOMS; FISHES, POISONOUS; MICE; NEUTRALIZATION TESTS;

EID: 0031979107     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0041-0101(97)00115-3     Document Type: Article

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